ABSTRACT
After having won a number of military victories in the first months of the war, Serbia was invaded and occupied by the Central Powers in 1915. Most of its army and some of its people fled through Albania to Greece, enduring dreadful conditions. The main focus of this chapter is to determine what was sung and played in breaks between fights on military fronts outside of Serbia. Due to lack of a true home base, and the dispersion of people and leaders in allied countries, there was a need to play and sing music during leisure time and transfer it orally. Well-known popular songs were created in this period − ‘There, Far Away’ (‘Tamo daleko’), ‘The French Ship Is Sailing’ (‘Kreće se lađa francuska’), and so on. This chapter will explore the repertoire and processes involved in the popular music of Serbians in exile.
