Years active 1939–87 Genres Sevdalinka, Folk music Role Music composer | Name Jozo Penava Instruments tamburavocals | |
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Associated acts Ismet Alajbegovic Serbo, Safet Isovic Similar People Safet Isovic, Ismet Alajbegovic Serbo, Nada Mamula, Zehra Deovic, Beba Selimovic | ||
Jozo penava biografija velikana sevdaha misija
Jozo Penava (26 May 1909 – 17 January 1987) was a Bosnian music producer, composer, arranger, musician and vocalist. Penava immensely contributed to the development of folk songs and the traditional Bosnian folk music sevdalinka in Yugoslavia. He worked with many prominent sevdalinka singers of the 20th century, such as Safet Isović, Zehra Deović, Himzo Polovina, Nada Mamula, Beba Selimović, Nedžad Salković, Silvana Armenulić, and Meho Puzić, among others.
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Biography
Penava ] is born in the village of Palež near Kiseljak, in what is today Bosnia and Herzegovina. As a young man he studied to become a baker. Penava was in love with the craft of baking, but was never attracted to getting up early and working in high temperature kitchens. His passion for music was stronger. After serving his military service in Sombor in 1939, Penava composed his first songs: "Sa prozora" (From the Window) and "U baštici, kraj bijele ružice" (In a Small Garden, by the White Roses). He enrolled in a music school where he gained musical knowledge. Penava was one of the founders of Radio Sarajevo in April 1945 after World War II. Penava led the tambura orchestra of Radio Sarajevo for more than twenty years.