An Impostor Posturing


A grossly overexposed photograph (made in full
midday sun) of Zejnil Sinanović of Bihać on 13
April, 1935. He was not in fact an epic singer, and
the pose struck here was an imposture to impress
the still distinguishably somewhat credulous
young American professor
.

Imaginem fecit MP

Three of Zejnil's lyric songs, words and tunes, are included in
Béla Bartók and Albert B. Lord, Serbo-Croatian Folk Songs,
New York (Columbia University Press), 1951; for their locations,
see the index on p. 88 of that book.

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