HUNGARIAN MUSIC AND DANCE
HUNGARIAN MUSIC AND DANCE
The Legényes: is a men's solo dance
done by the ethnic Hungarian people
living in the Kalotaszeg region of
Transylvania.
Solo dance: ”legényes”
‘Verbunk’ and the birth of national dance
In the 19th century, verbunkos was the most
popular style in Hungary.
This consisted of a slow dance followed by a
faster dance; this dichotomy, between the slower
and faster dances, has been seen as the "two
contrasting aspects of the Hungarian character.
‘Verbunkos’
Verbunkos was originally played at recruitment ceremonies to convince young men to join the army, and was performed, as in so much of Hungarian music, by Roma bands.
‘Táncház’‘Táncház’ is a dance music movement
which first appeared in the 1970s as a
reaction against state-supported
homogenized folk music.
Famous instrumentalists
Many of the biggest names in modern
Hungarian music emerged from the
‘Táncház’ scene, including ‘Muzsikás’ and
Márta Sebestyén.
‘Csárdás’
Csárdás is a very popular Hungarian folk dance that comes in many regional varieties, and is characterized by changes in tempo.
“salterio”Every country named the instrument
differently: in Germainregion “Hackbrett”,
in English region “
hammered dulcimer”,
in French region
“tympanon”,
in Italian and Spanish region “salterio” and in the Hungarian language “cimbalom”.
Ferenc Erkel - who was the founder of
the Hungarian opera - used the ‘cimbalom’
the first time in the Hungarian classical
music. This opera “Bánk bán” had his premier in 1861.
Béla BartókBéla Bartók observed that Hungarian "peasant music" use isometric (with an even number of structures) srtophe structure and certain pentatonic (five tone) formations, along with a liking for tempo giusto (rhythm consisting
chiefly of equal values).
Bartók studied over 300 melodies, and noted that
more modern tunes used for dancing featured
pentatonic turns with frequent leaps in fourths.
These features jointly may be considered as
altogether typical, and differentiate "Hungarian
peasant music" from that of
any other nation.
Hungarian rock giants
The three giants of Hungarian rock, Illés,
Metró and Omega, remained very popular,
especially Omega, which has followers
in Germany and beyond.
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