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Wikipedia / Himzo Polovina

Himzo Polovina (; 11 March 1927 – 5 August 1986) was a Bosnian singer and songwriter, and a sevdalinka (also known as Bosnian blues) artist. Polovina was a neuropsychiatrist by profession.

Biography

Polovina was born on 11 March 1927 in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. His father, Mušan Polovina, was an Austro-Hungarian soldier during World War I. During his service in Ljubljana, he met and married Ivanka Hlebec, making Himzo Polovina the child of an ethnically mixed marriage between a Bosniak father and a Slovene mother.

Himzo was introduced to music and singing as a child. His father played the šargija and would often sing sevdalinka songs. As their father sang, Himzo and his siblings sang along in unison.

In the late 1930s, right before World War II broke out, Polovina was taught to play the violin by renowned Czech professor and violinist Karel Malaček.

From 1947 until he left for Sarajevo, he was a member of the folk ensemble "Abrašević", with whom he toured cities and villages across Yugoslavia. Polovina was married to a woman named Fikreta Medošević. They had a daughter Rubina and a son Edmir.

He died at the age of 59 from a heart attack while on vacation with his family in Montenegro, and was buried in the Bare Cemetery in Sarajevo.

Career

In January 1953 he auditioned live for Radio Sarajevo. He performed the sevdalinka song "Mehmeda je stara majka karala" and was accepted. His cover of the Bosnian sevdalinka, Emina, is considered by many to be the best version of the song. His 1960s version featured added verses, which were written after the subject of the song, Emina Sefić, died in 1967. Upon hearing Emina's death, Polovina told poet Sevda Katica, who spoke the new verses.

Discography

The following is the complete list of albums, singles and extended plays (EPs) released by Himzo Polovina:

Tracks

Released

Stade se cvijeće bosom kititi

  1. Stade se cvijeće rosom kititi

  2. U lijepom starom gradu Višegradu

1958

Gonđe ružo u zelenom sadu

  1. Gonđe ružo u zelenom sadu

  2. Mustafu majka budila

1958

Pokraj kuće male

  1. Pokraj kuće male

  2. Magla pala od pola Saraj'va

1958

Gonđe ružo u zelenom sadu / Mustafu majka budila

  1. Gonđe ružo u zelenom sadu

  2. Mustafu majka budila

1960

Kad se Jangin iz Sokaka pomoli with Dušanka Labor

  1. Kad se Jangin iz Sokaka pomoli

  2. S one strane pive

  3. Otvor' vrata od hamama

  4. Zaplakala stara majka Džafer Begova

1963

Telal viče

  1. Telal viče

  2. Prošetala Suljagina Fata

1963

Moj behare / Pjesma o Mehmed-Paši Sokoloviću

  1. Moj behare

  2. Pjesma o Mehmed-Paši Sokoloviću

October 1964

Emina / Hasanagin Sevdah (Što te nema)

  1. Emina

  2. Hasanagin Sevdah (Što te nema)

1964

Azra

  1. Azra

  2. Meni draga sitna pisma piše

  3. Na prijestolju sjedi Sultan

  4. Lutaj, pjesmo

October 1965

Stade se cvijeće rosom kititi

  1. Stade se cvijeće rosom kititi

  2. U lijepom starom gradu Višegradu

  3. Telal viče

  4. Pošetala Suljagina Fata

May 1966

Ehlimana

  1. Ehlimana

  2. Akšam Geldi

  3. Imam curu malenu

  4. Komšinica

1967

Mila majko, šalji me na vodu / U sotonu jedne proljetne noći

  1. Mila majko, šalji me na vodu

  2. U sotonu jedne proljetne noći

1969

Jutros prođoh kroz čaršiju / Dvore gradi komadina Mujo

  1. Jutros prođoh kroz čaršiju

  2. Dvore gradi komadina Mujo

1969

Jesi li čula dušo? / Otputovah u daljine

  1. Jesi li čula dušo?

  2. Otputovah u daljine

1970

U Stambolu na Bosforu / Okladi se momče i djevojče

  1. U Stambolu na Bosforu

  2. Okladi se momče i djevojče

1971

Narodne pjesme iz Bosne i Hercegovine

  1. Sarajevo, divno mjesto

  2. Zaplakala stara majka

  3. Oj djevojko, džidžo moja

  4. Širi mjesec po Igmanu zrake

  5. Imal' jada

  6. Čije je ono djevojče

  7. Čudna jada od Mostara grada

  8. Mila majko šalji me na vodu

  9. Dunjaluče, golem ti si

  10. Voljelo se dvoje mladih

  11. Gonđe ružo

  12. Široka kita rakita

21 November 1972

U sutonu jedne proljetne noći

  1. U sutonu jedne proljetne noći

  2. Crne oči dobro glede

  3. Na put se spremam

  4. Tiha je noć

1975

Kradem ti se u večeri

  1. Kad ja pođoh na Bembašu

  2. Vino piju age Sarajlije

  3. Kradem ti se u večeri

  4. Sjećaš li se kad si lani

  5. Razbolje se lijepa Hajrija

  6. Pokraj vrela

  7. U Stambolu na Bosforu

  8. Oj djevojko Anadolko

  9. Djevojka je zelen bor sadila

  10. Ikindija

  11. Ja zagrizoh šareniku jabuku

  12. Kad se Jangin iz Sokaka pomoli

1976

Emina / U Stambolu na Bosforu

  1. Emina

  2. U Stambolu na Bosforu

1977

Kliknu vila sa vrha porima

  1. U Trebinju gradu

  2. Izvi se Mujo na grade

  3. Kliknu vila sa vrha Porima

  4. Jasenice, nestalo ti gaza

  5. Dobro došli, kićeni svatovi

  6. Omere, prvo gledanje

  7. Poletjela dva goluba

  8. Ali-Paša na Hercegovini

  9. Mujagu majka budila

  10. Nema ljepše cure od malene Đule

1979

Mehmed Paša tri cara služio / U lijepom, starom, gradu Višegradu

  1. Mehmed Paša tri cara služio

  2. U lijepom, starom, gradu Višegradu

1980

Mila majko, šalji me na vodu / Djevojka je zelen bor sadila

  1. Mila majko, šalji me na vodu

  2. Djevojka je zelen bor sadila

1982

Sevdah i suze

  1. Tamburalo momče uz tamburu

  2. Poljem se vija hajdar delija

  3. U lijepom starom gradu Višegradu

  4. Kad ja pođoh na Bembašu

  5. Otvor' vrata od hamana

  6. Karanfile, cvijeće moje

  7. Oj, djevojko, pod brdom

  8. Snijeg pade na behar, na voće

  9. Oj, bogati, siva ptico sokole

  10. Stade se cvijeće rosom kititi

September 1984

Magla pala od pola Saraj'va

  1. Magla pala od pola Saraj'va

  2. Ehlimana

  3. Pod Skočićem trava pogažena

  4. Meni draga sitna pisma piše

  5. Imam curu malenu

  6. Otputovah u daljine

  7. Okladi se momče i djevojče

  8. Pjesma o Mehmed-Paši Sokoloviću

  9. Pusti me, majko

  10. Laku noć

  11. Pokraj kuće male

  12. Komšinica

  13. Jesi li čula dušo

1987

Himzo Polovina

  1. Emina

  2. Stade se cvijeće rosom kititi

  3. Pošetala Suljagina Fata

  4. Jutros prođoh kroz Čaršiju

  5. Moj behare

  6. Lutaj, pjesmo

  7. Hasanagin Sevdah

  8. Na prijestolju sjedi Sultan

  9. Azra

  10. Telal viče

  11. Akšam geldi

  12. Dvore gradi komadina Mujo

1988

Voljelo se dvoje mladih / Pod skočićem trava pogažena

  1. Voljelo se dvoje mladih

  2. Pod skočićem trava pogažena

unknown release date

Nema lijepše cure / Pusti me, majko

  1. Nema lijepše cure

  2. Pusti me, majko

unknown release date

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