Aleksandar Sarievski was a Macedonian

Macedonians (ethnic group)

The Macedonians also referred to as Macedonian Slavs: "... the term Slavomacedonian was introduced and was accepted by the community itself, which at the time had a much more widespread non-Greek Macedonian ethnic consciousness...

 iconic singer-songwriter

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Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 whose career spanned almost six decades. He was one of the most recognizable figures in Macedonian music.

Sarievski was a co-founder of the folklore

Folklore

Folklore consists of legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales and customs that are the traditions of a culture, subculture, or group. It is also the set of practices through which those expressive genres are shared. The study of folklore is sometimes called...

 musical ensemble

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 Tanec

Tanec

Tanec is an eminent professional large folklore musical ensemble from Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. It is considered as an ambassador of the Macedonian folklore tradition worldwide.-History:...

 and frequently traveled with the group as an ambassador of Macedonian music and culture

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. His renditions of local folk songs are particularly well known and, in many cases, the first known recorded versions. These include "Jovano, Jovanke", "More Sokol Pie

More Sokol Pie

"More Sokol Pie" is a traditional folk song from the Balkans, equally popular in Bulgaria and the Republic of Macedonia.The first performer of the song is Bulgarian singer Baba Nastia Pavlova. Her record is from 1940. Then the song was recorded by another Bulgarian singers Mary Kokareshkova and...

", "Makedonsko Devojče

Makedonsko Devojče

Makedonsko devojče is a Macedonian-language song written and composed by Jonče Hristovski in the style of newly composed folk. The title directly translates as 'Macedonian girl' or 'Macedonian maiden'.-External links:*...

" and "Uči me majko, karaj me

Uci me majko, karaj me

Uči me majko, karaj me |ethnic Macedonian]] folk singer Aleksandar Sarievski, while the band Leb i Sol have arranged a modern rock version.. The song is also performed by Macedonian singer Tose Proeski and Bulgarian singer Kiril Kostov....

", among others. The popular folk song "Zajdi Zajdi

Zajdi, zajdi, jasno sonce

Zajdi, zajdi, jasno sonce is a Macedonian-language folk-style song written and composed by Aleksandar Sarievski...

" is also attributed to him.

Aleksandar Sarievski died in 2002 aged eighty. The then-President of the Republic of Macedonia

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 Boris Trajkovski

Boris Trajkovski

Trajkovski died on 26 February 2004 in a plane crash en route to an economic conference in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The aircraft crashed in thick fog and heavy rain on a mountainside in southeastern Herzegovina, near the villages of Huskovici and Rotimlja some eight miles south-south-east...

 and Prime Minister

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 Branko Crvenkovski

Branko Crvenkovski

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as well as the Ministry of Culture sent the Sarievski family messages of condolence following the news of his passing.