Romance & Song

The “Romance” is a love song with wonderful words about white roses, tender roses and it comes from the northern part of Vojvodina and is influenced by Hungarian romantic music. Many published songbooks include this song as a traditional anonymous romance. The “Song” is also a kind of love song but is faster and has a more dance-like character. This theme comes from the south and probably has a Greek influence. Some of these very touching melodies are little masterpieces of the genre. The work was first performed by Milena and Valentin Valtchev at the guitar festival in Plovdiv, Bulgaria in 1995.