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Moldvai Csángómagyar 'Siposok' -
Csango Hungarian Bagpipers in Moldavia

Various Artists

Musicians:
Mihály Dima - bagpipe
József Gusás - bagpipe
Gergely Mesterke - bagpipe
István Legedi László - kaval
János Ignác - flute
András Hodorog - flute
Nicolai Mircea - bag-pipe
Antal Palack - flute
Petru Ghiurca - bagpipe
Márton Zsitár - koboz, voice
Antal Gábor - violin

From the beginning of the 1970's György Stuber has been researching the customs of the Moldavian-Hungarian bagpipers. This CD release is a collection of his field recordings made between 1973 and 2001.

28 page booklet with notes in Hungarian and English.

Extract from notes:

'I had the privilege to bring the first news about the existence of Hungarian bagpipers in Moldavia in 1973. Anthropologists and ethnographers were not aware of the existence of the Hungarian bagpipers in Moldavia. By now our foundation, called Petrás Incze János Csángó foundation, tries to preserve the ancient bagpiper tradition of the Csángó Hungarians.

The Ethnic group of the Csángó is a relic from the Middle Ages, that has survived in the 'people´s' melting pot of Moldavia. The Csángó are a unique 'fossil', in some respects centuries behind our ages, with their preserved ethnicity, linguistic peculiarities, ancient traditions, and a great diversity of folk art and culture. This is exemplified e.g. by the existence of a seemingly ancient version of the Hungarian bagpipe, despite the fact that the bagpipe has been extinct among the Hungarians in the neighbouring Transylvania....'

Gyorgy Stuber

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Moldvai Csangomagyar 'Siposok' -
Csango Hungarian Bagpipers in Moldavia

Various Artists

This symbol  indicates an mp3 sound clip for that track. Click on the symbol and wait for the clip to start. For more information click here. Tracks

Mihály Dima

1. "Baraboj" on bagpipe (1'25")

2. "Szerba" on bagpipe (3'10")

3. "Szerba" on flute (1'34")

4. Hóra on bagpipe (0'51")

5. "Uráló" on bagpipe (3'11")

6. "Szerba" on bagpipe (1'14")

József Gusás

7. "Uráló" on flute (1'16")

8. "Gyedoj" on flute (1'08")

Gergely Mesterke

9. "Dojna" on bagpipe (1'49")

10. Édes Gergelem on bagpipe (1'55")

11. Édes Gergelem on bagpipe (1'40")

12. Medvetánc on flute (1'26")

13. "Dojna" on bagpipe (1'42")

14. Kecskés on bagpipe (1'21")

15. "Uráló" on bagpipe (1'32")

16. "Mokanyászka"- "Gyedoj" on bagpipe (1'41")

István Legedi László

17. "Dojna" (juhajgatás) kavalon (1'55")

János Ignác

18. "Korobjászka" on flute (1'40")

András Hodorog

19. "Uráló" on flute (0'52")

Nicolai Mircea

20. Dedoi on bagpipe (1'40")

21. Brâu on bagpipe (1'28")

22. Ciobanas (pásztornóta, csobános) on bagpipe (1'32")

23. Doina on bagpipe (1'51")

24. Doina on flute ( 2'10")

25. Sârba on bagpipe (1'05")

26. Hora on bagpipe (1'59")

27. Sârba on flute (2'35")

28. Oita kavalon (1'23")

29. Menyasszonybúcsúztató (1'42")

30. Hora on flute (1'41")

31. Hora on bagpipe (1'11")

32. Musama peremfurulyán (1'43")

33. Sârba on flute (1'47")

34. Sârba on bagpipe (1'57")

Antal Palack

35. "Dojna" on flute (2'02")

36. Hora pe batute on flute (1'17")

Petru Ghiurca

37. Doina on bagpipe (2'03")

38. Geampara on bagpipe (1'01")

39. Floricica on bagpipe (1'03")

40. Hora on flute (1'24")

41. Sârba on bagpipe (1'44")

42. Hora on bagpipe (1'33")

Márton Zsitár (koboz, voice) and Antal Gábor (violin)

43. Recés a szolo levele…("Szerba") (1'52")

Duration (70'45")

Our mp3 samples are approximately 30 seconds long and of low(ish) quality for a fast download (file size app 300KB).