Dubrovački Trubaduri (Dubrovnik's troubadours) were immensely popular multi-vocal pop band helmed by Đelo Jusić who must be one of the most talented and inspired composers around - his particular brand of music combined classical and folk motives with contagious pop and as Siniša Škarica notes in his excellent book "Tvornica Glazbe: priče iz Dubrave (1947-69)" they were quite outsiders, neither rockers nor exactly part of mainstream schlager pop tribe. What they cultivated was instantly recognisable sound that could only come from Dubrovnik - imagine lusty renaissance troubadours somehow transported into 20th century with their lutes, mandolins and flutes on top of glowing harmonies and this description might do them justice.
Initially the act might appear a little gimmicky and international TV audiences on Eurovision were startled with their renaissance costumes (this particular appearance is still often shown as Eurovision oddity, though personally I see nothing unusual in this, troubadours get it?) luckily image was never eclipsed by their wonderful music perfectly tailored by Jusić who in my opinion was a genius - the music just flowed out of this man and there is not a single unnecessary note in his songs, they are all without exception extremely hummable and uplifting. You can clearly hear classical touch in everything he did with troubadours and this is done so cleverly and unobtrusively that it became their trademark. There is something very endearing about these guys so happily bursting into a song and you have to be really a curmudgeon to get fixated on renaissance tights instead of their seductive, sunny music. After the band eventually run its course, Jusić continued career as one of the most prolific and magnificent composers for other artists, he really enriched Croatian pop music.
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