tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-288128572024-03-13T18:01:16.232+01:00Hungarian Folk MusicIf you want to know a bit more about Hungarian folk music than "tschardasch"...Andrea Gerákhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01027655359978598507noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28812857.post-46695967229835393752010-09-26T13:08:00.005+02:002010-09-26T13:18:37.829+02:00Join us on FacebookMeanwhile the blog owner is very busy with moving back to her beloved homeland Hungary and with looking after her own upcoming concerts, on our Facebook page, there is much more life, links and other info being shared, you can network with like-minded people and our numbers are growing constantly, so you are very welcome to join us and be active in the subject!<br />
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Photo: K. Fekete <a href="http://www.folkradio.hu/galeria/index.php?s=852&f=IMG_2875.JPG" target="_blank">(Source)</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.folkradio.hu/" target="_blank">Folkradio</a> has collected the dates into a calendar for you. (Un)fortunately, it is such a long list that it would be hard to translate all of them, and more dates are added continuously, from other countries also, for we know of camps in the US or Canada for example. <br />
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<a href="http://www.folkradio.hu/nyari_tabor.php" target="_blank">CALENDAR OF HUNGARIAN FOLK MUSIC AND FOLK DANCE CAMPS 2010</a><br />
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I have a few suggestions if you would like to find out more about a specific camp. Leave a comment here to let us know which camp(s) are you interested in, so that you can get the info translated into English.<br />
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The ways to choose them:<br />
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1. Look through the dates and see if you find some camp you would like to have more info about<br />
2. Look at the locations (2nd column) and see if you find a place you are already familiar with<br />
3. If you already know something about Hungarian folk music or dancing, and you are interested in a particular type of music/dance, we can help you to find the camps where they teach it.<br />
4. Post a question to the Hungarian Folk Music Facebook page and for sure there will be people happy to help you. <br />
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MAY 2, SUNDAY 19:00<br />
Budapest, Hagyományok Háza (Heritage House)<br />
If you can still make it tonight to <b>Marianna Majorosi</b>'s concert <b><i>Humming my tune</i></b>, I think it will be a nice one. <a href="http://www.hagyomanyokhaza.hu/oldal/10431/" target="_blank">Event page</a><br />
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MAY 4, TUESDAY 20:00 (and May 6 Thursday at 20:00, May 15 at 19:00)<br />
Budapest, Hagyományok Háza (Heritage House)<br />
<b><i>Eternal Kalotaszeg</i></b> Spectacular music and dance show by the <b>Hungarian State Folk Ensemble</b> <br />
<a href="http://www.heritagehouse.hu/mane/repertoire/kalotaszeg/" target="_blank">Event page</a><br />
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MAY 7, FRIDAY<br />
Zurich (CH), Buchegg Community Centre<br />
<b>Zengő</b> <i><b>concert and táncház</b></i> (folk dance workshop and party)<br />
I have been there a few times years ago, nice little place and nice folks<a href="http://www.tanchaz.ch/deutsch/" target="_blank"> Event page (in German)</a> <br />
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MAY 8, SATURDAY 19:30<br />
Veszprém (HU), Castle Stage <b> </b><br />
<b>Muzsikás <i>concert</i></b>, as part of <a href="http://www.vmkveszprem.hu/rendezveny.php?PHPSESSID=44d9a3c9296e3444a73eefc2de607a49&k=11091" target="_blank">Gizella Days Festival</a> where they have family programs, handcraft fair and a lot more, for 2 days<br />
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MAY 11, TUESDAY - MAY 15, SATURDAY<br />
Budapest, Fonó<br />
<b>Budapest Folk Fest 2010</b> - now that's a rich program: concerts, dance houses. Featured concerts: <b>Csík Band <i>CD/DVD release concert</i></b> on Tuesday 20:00, and <b>Félix Lajkó & Huun Huur Tu</b> (Tuva) concert <br />
<a href="http://budapestfolkfest.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Festival page</a> with videos - you have to scroll down for the full program (it's in Hungarian, but don't worry if you don't know all those names, just go to any events and you won't be disappointed) <a href="http://www.fono.hu/?page=magunkrol&content=elerhetoseg&lang=en" target="_blank">Here you find Fonó</a><br />
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MAY 14, FRIDAY 17:00<br />
Targu Mures (RO), Marosvásárhely, Maros Folk Dance and Music Association<br />
<b>5th Maros Folk Music and Dance Reunion</b>, with a good couple of authentic musicians, singers and dancers from Transylvanian villages<a href="http://www.folkradio.hu/naptar_show.php?id=13788" target="_blank"> Event page</a> <br />
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MAY 21, FRIDAY 20:00<br />
Budapest, Fonó<br />
<b>Kálmán Balogh & the Gypsy Cimbalom Band</b> - Kálmán Balogh is one performer you should not miss, whenever you have a chance to see him<a href="http://www.fono.hu/?page=magunkrol&content=elerhetoseg&lang=en" target="_blank"> Here you find Fonó</a> <br />
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MAY 28, FRIDAY, 19:00<br />
Stockholm (SE), Hungarian House<br />
<b>Barozda táncház</b> (on the photo) - yes, here in Stockholm we have a monthly dance house now, and it's getting better with each time! AND in the other room, they serve <i>real </i>Hungarian dinner, 60.-Kr incl. coffee&cake<a href="http://magyarhaz-stockholm.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52&Itemid=64" target="_blank"> Here you find the Hungarian House</a><br />
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And many, many more, especially in Hungary, of course. The biggest event calendar you find on Folkrádió's website: go to <a href="http://www.folkradio.hu/" target="_blank">Folkradio.hu</a>, find FOLKNAPTÁR up in the menu, and there you have it. In the third column, you see the event types, which is very useful info - if you don't master Hungarian, a lecture won't be anything for you. A few words:<br />
<i>táncház </i>= dance house, folk dance party where normally there is somebody to teach the dances <br />
<i>koncert </i>= concert<br />
<i>fesztivál </i>= festival<br />
<i>tanfolyam </i>= course, here it refers to folk dance<br />
<i>folkkocsma </i>= folk pub <br />
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Have fun!<br />
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ps: my apologies go to <a href="http://www.facebook.com/Kisjegvirag" target="_blank">Kisjégvirág Folkdancers</a> in Calgary (AB, Canada), for I have promised to put here their May 1 event, but I am sick and couldn't get out of bed for a little while, so I missed that one. <br />
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Violin or fiddle is indeed a primary instrument in Hungarian folk music, the one who plays it in a band is called <i>prímás </i>('pree-maash') which means the person who is #1 in the band.<br />
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When is it a <i>fiddle </i>and when is it a <i>violin</i>? A simple general statement could be that it's basically the same instrument, but the term <i>violin </i>is used more for classical music, and <i>fiddle </i>is for traditional. For more on it, see <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiddle#The_fiddle_or_violin" target="_blank">this Wikipedia page.</a></b><br />
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Village musicians are not learned musicians, in the sense that they don't go to music school, don't get formal education. They learn by hearing, watching what the older ones are doing, fathers passing the knowledge on to their sons. They hear melodies from other villages or nowadays regions as well, and build them in their repertoire, adjusting them to their and the community's taste. The names of who created a music pieces is very seldom known. This is traditional or, with another word, <i>authentic </i>folk music, by definition. <br />
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It is very common that playing music stays within Gypsy families as a profession. The good ones are known and go around in their regions to play at weddings and other occasions. Some especially brilliant ones were discovered by urban collectors and musicians, and their art can be enjoyed at festivals even in remote countries (as long as they are alive...) and on CDs, DVDs. <br />
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Local musicians of <b><a href="http://www.eliznik.org.uk/RomaniaEthno/regions/kalotaszeg.htm" target="_blank">Kalotaszeg</a></b> region (Transylvania) play at a dance camp. As far as I know, it's only the youngest one who is still playing music in this world...<br />
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The next video shows how urban young people keep the spirit alive; they visit the villages to learn from the old musicians, listen to archived recordings for thousands of hours, and also learn from older masters of the Hungarian folk revival that started in the early 70's. <br />
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Now let's take the Gypsy orchestras; this is what many people identifies Hungarian folk music with. Three-four-five piece bands in Hungarian restaurants, or bigger orchestras; we even have a would famous one with 100 members... Their repertoire spans from traditional folk pieces through Liszt or Brahms dances and rhapsodies, with operettas or "<i>nóta</i>" in between (="art song" - if someone has a better translation, please correct me. This is popular music originated in the 19th century, played by Gypsy musicians, and <i>with the composers known</i> - which is a big difference from <i>traditional folk music</i>.)<br />
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Many of these Gypsies are highly trained musicians, they play with a brilliant technique which is unique to this part of the world, and fortunately, despite of often being super-technical when playing, they don't lose the spirit of it, they give their heart.<br />
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One has to mention <i>"világzene"</i> (="world music"), which is not strictly folk music; it's traditional pieces arranged in modern ways, or other kind of music arranged and played with traditional instruments. One great band is this:<br />
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I hope you can see why one can't live without this music...<br />
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Some violins for you, from each of the types above:<br />
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In the meantime while I figure out what will be the next post and update the blog with some stuff, enjoy this YouTube playlist, called simply <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AndreaGerak#g/c/1F52BFD8FD1D2A32" target="_blank"><b>Hungarian Folk Music</b></a> (if someone can tell me please how to embed a video playlist, I would be very happy). All this music here is traditional music, performed either by "real" village musicians, either by revival bands whose life is pretty much about keeping these tunes alive.<br />
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Enjoy!<br />
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You will love these albums: <br />
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<b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Transylvanian-Village-Music-Okros-Ensemble/dp/B00001SI95?ie=UTF8&tag=hungar-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Transylvanian Village Music (by Ökrös Ensemble)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hungar-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00001SI95" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></b><br />
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Béla Halmos (b. in Szombathely in 1946) graduated from the Faculty of Architecture of the Budapest Technical University in 1970. He started to learn music in his childhood, playing the violin and the viola. He took part in the organization of the folk music education at music schools and. Since 1992 he has been a senior member at the Institute of Hungarian Culture, then laid the foundations of the Dance Hall Archives. In 2000 he was appointed the head of section. Since 2001 he has worked in the Folk Art Workshop of the House of Traditions as the head of the Dance Hall Archives. He is the board member of the Dance House Association, founder, later extraordinary member of the Hungarian Music Council. He participates in the work of the board of trustees awarding the Ferenc Liszt and Ferenc Erkel Prizes and of the "Association for the European Folklore Centre" running the European Folklore Institute.<br />
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Without him there wouldn't be <i>táncház</i> in the form we know it today (dance house movement, of which a bit later).<br />
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I love to dance when he plays the violin: you have the feeling that he is playing exclusively for you. Countless times in the <i>táncház</i>, a couple of times on stage with the legendary <a href="http://agerak.blogspot.com/2009/04/bartok-dance-ensemble-on-tv.html" target="_blank">Bartók Dance Ensemble.</a> When my son was a little baby, a few times I would take him where Halmos played for the kids, and he would forget about the whole world, didn't care that he could be playing and jumping around with the other children, he would just gaze at <i>Béla bácsi</i>, completely mesmerized, and listen, listen... <br />
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For photos of his birthday celebration in Budapest, go to the <i>Galéria</i> section of <b><a href="http://folkradio.hu/">Folkrádió </a></b><br />
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Happy Birthday Béla!<br />
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Info and photo: <b><a href="http://www.aranytiz.hu/index.php?oldal=314" target="_blank">Aranytíz.hu</a></b><br />
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You will love this Béla Halmos album:<br />
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<i>Flute and hit gardon from Gyimes</i><br />
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To give you a taste of how did traditional Hungarian village music sound like - or in many places, it still does - you can start your listening journey at the online data base of the <b><a href="http://db.zti.hu/24ora/dalok.asp">"24th hour"</a></b> collection of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Institute for Musicology.<br />
They have near 6000 pieces on record. <br />
Many of the performers that you can hear were born back in the 1800s!<br />
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An exciting album where you can hear the old recordings that were collected in the villages, along with famous arrangements: <br />
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<b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tiszta-forr%C3%A1s-Pure-Springs-Arrangements/dp/B00007138S?ie=UTF8&tag=hungar-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Tiszta forrás (Pure Springs): Hungarian Folk Tunes and Their Arrangements in Works by Bartók and Kodály</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hungar-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00007138S" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></b><br />
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Hungarian folk music. <i>Tschardasch</i>, <i>Czardas</i>, Gypsy musicians with the violin and other strings, <i>cimbalom</i>, they play the sweetest melodies for you at the table when you eat out in Hungary. Pieces by <i>Brahms </i>or <i>Liszt</i>. And <i>Márta Sebestyén</i>, singing with her mesmerizing voice in the movie The English Patient, or the band <i>Muzsikás</i>. Probably these are your first impressions about it, but there is much, much more to it.<br />
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It might happen to you that you run into <i>"Hungarian Folk Music"</i> or <i>"Hungarian Gypsy Music"</i> when you surf on the net, in a CD store, attend a concert or go to a restaurant where they play live music during the dinner - but sometimes, all these have not much to do with real Hungarian village music. Indeed, composers of many of those songs are known, therefore they don't fall into the definition of traditional music. Often, these pieces are brilliant, performed by virtuoso musicians. <br />
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A local band from North-Eastern Hungary, my birth place:<br />
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And the famous <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cs%C3%A1rd%C3%A1s_%28Monti%29" target="_blank">Monti Csárdás (Czardas)</a><br />
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If you want to know about the extraordinarily rich folk music of my country (to be more exact: the historical Hungary, which was before World War I, three times as big as it is today), this blog is the right place for you. Resources on Hungarian folk music of the past and of the present: collections, artists playing Hungarian folk in its traditional form or newly arranged (which comes under the all-encompassing heading of <i>world music</i>), places where you can listen to this music live or on the net, album releases, events and other news from the scene of Hungarian folk music & dance which are one of the most precious "export goods" of my homeland - and which is impossible to live without, once you got to get the taste of it...<br />
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You will love these albums: <br />
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