Serb Gusle Label founded by Serb emigrants in America

Gusle player Petar Perunovic-Perun
Serb epic "Rebellion against the Dahijas /Turkish officers/"

Recorded by Marsh Laboratories, Chicago 1920s

Audio clip from Ethnomusicology OnLine, picture from Secret Museum of the Air. FOR FAIR USE ONLY!

Just at the beginning of WW1 famous Montenegrin gusle player Petar Perunovic-Perun came to USA. His aim was to visit emigrants' clubs and to initiate patriotic feelings among Montenegrins and other Serbs by playing gusle. Read more

(au format, excerpt - 53 seconds, 572 KB)