Author Archives: gosselra

In Buchanan’s chapter “Transits” from Performing Democracy: Bulgarian Music and Musicians in Transition, she describes the attempts by the transitional BSP government to create an illusion of national and ethnic homogeneity by co-opting the 1878 Liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman … Continue reading →

“The literal meaning of these songs was irrelevant. What was important was their Western origin, foreign sound, and unknown references that allowed Soviet fans to imagine worlds that did not have to be linked to any “real” place or circumstances, … Continue reading →