Qazim Ademi was a famous Albanian

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 singer and composer of Albanian polyphonic music.

Ademi was born in 1876 in Matogjin

Matogjin

-Notable people :Matogjin is the birthplace of Demir Vlonjati and Qazim Ademi, famous singers and composers of the Albanian polyphonic music....

, southern Albania

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 and died there in 1939. Qazim Ademi's songs are considered successors of the demirçe genre of Albanian polyphonic music named after Demir Ago Mystehaku–Vlonjati

Demir Vlonjati

Demir Vlonjati born Demir Mystehaku and also known as Demir Aga Vlonjakasi was an Albanian folk singer, composer and poet....

 (c. 1780-1845), another composer from Matogjin. Ademi's unique interpretations led to the creation of a new genre of Albanian polyphonic lament and elegy songs, the qazimademirçe named after him. This genre has been adopted by later well-known singers like Saliko Dalan Salaj and Avdul Ymeri. According to musicologist Bardhosh Gaçe sixty of the songs composed by Ademi are popular even today.

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