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Hungarian folk music includes a broad array of styles, including the recruitment dance verbunkos
Verbunkos

Verbunkos is an 18th-century Hungary dance and music genre. Erroneously, this genre was sometimes attributed to Roma people, because usually they were the musicians....
, the csárdás
Csárdás

'Cs?rd?s' is a traditional Hungary folk dance, the name derived from cs?rda . It originated in Hungary and was popularized by Roma music bands in Hungary and neighboring lands of Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Burgenland, Croatia, Carpathian Ruthenia, Transylvania and Moravia, as well as among the Banat Bulgarians, including those in Bulgari...
 and nóta
Nota

Nota is an automobile manufacturer in Australia. The company was founded by Guy Buckingham in 1952. He was an aircraft engineer and used his expertise to build triangulated spaceframed sportscars....
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During the 20th century, Hungarian composers were influenced by the traditional music of their nation which may be considered as a repeat of the early "nationalist" movement of the early 19th century (Beethoven) but is more accurately the artists' desire to escape the hegemony of the classical tradition manifold at that time.






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Hungarian folk music includes a broad array of styles, including the recruitment dance verbunkos
Verbunkos

Verbunkos is an 18th-century Hungary dance and music genre. Erroneously, this genre was sometimes attributed to Roma people, because usually they were the musicians....
, the csárdás
Csárdás

'Cs?rd?s' is a traditional Hungary folk dance, the name derived from cs?rda . It originated in Hungary and was popularized by Roma music bands in Hungary and neighboring lands of Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Burgenland, Croatia, Carpathian Ruthenia, Transylvania and Moravia, as well as among the Banat Bulgarians, including those in Bulgari...
 and nóta
Nota

Nota is an automobile manufacturer in Australia. The company was founded by Guy Buckingham in 1952. He was an aircraft engineer and used his expertise to build triangulated spaceframed sportscars....
.

During the 20th century, Hungarian composers were influenced by the traditional music of their nation which may be considered as a repeat of the early "nationalist" movement of the early 19th century (Beethoven) but is more accurately the artists' desire to escape the hegemony of the classical tradition manifold at that time. Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók

B?la Viktor J?nos Bart?k was a Hungarian people composer and pianist, considered to be one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. Through his collection and analytical study of folk music, he was one of the founders of ethnomusicology....
 took this departure into the abstract musical world in his appropriation of traditional Hungarian as the basis for symphonic creations.

Videos

The following layers of Hungarian folk music are demonstrated consecutively in this short video: Old style Hungarian folk song and bagpipe music, Verbunk style tune and dance, New style folk song and czardas, Hungarian nóta

Selected clips from SEA to demonstrate authentic Hungarian folk music
  • Hungarian tambura music from Great Hungarian Plain
    Great Hungarian Plain

    The Great Hungarian Plain is a plain occupying the southern and eastern part of Hungary, some parts of eastern Slovakia , southwestern Ukraine , western Romania , northern Serbia , and eastern Croatia ....
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  • Bagpipe music and song (sung by István Pál shepherd):
  • Bagpipe imitation on fiddle (interpreted by Hungarian gipsy musician from Gúta, Slovakia) :
  • Kaval (flute) music from Moldova, Romania by a Hungarian sekler-csango musician:
  • "Fast Hungarian" dance tune from Klézse village Moldova, Romania:
  • Mountain horn signal from Gyimes, Romania by a Hungarian csango villager:
  • Couple dance tune from Gyimes, Romania by Hungarian csango musicians:
  • Old style Hungarian folk song NE Hungary by Hungarian village gipsy band:
  • The Rákóczi march from Kalotaszeg, Transylvania, Romania (by Miklos Nonika and his band):
  • The Rákóczi march from Szék, Transylvania, Romania performed on a Hungarian wedding by Hungarian village band:
  • Hungarian nóta tunes from NE Hungary by Hungarian village gipsy band:


External links

Folk music selection playlist (including Hungarian authentic folk music) from Sonidus Archives: