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'Új Élõ Népzene 3
Living Village Music 3'

Various Artists

(FMVMCD-003)

Volume 3 of 'Living Village Music Series' from The Dance House Guild, Hungary.

Új élõ népzene is a new series of folk music recordings from Hungary, and follows in the tradition of the Tanchaz revival of the 1970s. The ensembles and soloists are all associated with the Folk Workshop Hungary. This is traditional music played on traditional instruments by singers and musicians wishing to keep alive their heritage. The performers are from various communities, mainly Hungarian, living both in Hungary and in such diverse places as Slovakia and California! One thing is common to all, and that is they have joined together to keep alive the rich melodies, songs and dances, from Transylvania, Slovakia, Yugoslavia and surrounding areas.
This music is called village music- Living Village Music.

Artists and Ensembles on this release:
1. Méta Együttes
2. Hajdú Kinga
3. Pikó és bandája
4. Bakó Katalin
5. Szeredás Együttes
6. Maczkó Mária
7. Boglya Együttes
8. Molnár Katalin
9. Micsik Béla
10. Boldogi Asszonykórus
11. Balla Tibor
12. Bokros Zenekar
13. Vándor Vokál
14. Benkõ András
15. Bognár Szilvia
16. Kerekes Együttes
17. Dûvõ Együttes
18. Koncz-Árendás-Mohácsy
19. Kristály Ágnes
20. Gajdos Együttes

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'Új Élõ Népzene 3
Living Village Music 3'

Various Artists

(FMVMCD-003)

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Tracks

1. Muzsika Ördöngösfüzesrõl - Music From Ordongosfuzes (5'15")

2. Édesanyám úgy Szeretett (Ördöngösfüzes) (1'32")
3. Ördöngösfüzesi katonakísérõ és fogásolás - Soldiers Song And Slow Men's Dance From Ordongosfuzes (8'10")
4. Száraz bokor a hegytetõn... (Mezõség) (1'13")
5. Széki lassú és csárdás - Lassu And Csardas From Szek (3'58")
6. Katonasirató (Galga-mente) - Soldiers Song (1'16")
7. Muzsikaszó hallatszik... (Szék) (4'43")
8. Beszegõdtem Tarnócára... (Fedémes) (2'57")
9. Bánsági dalok - Songs From Bansag (2'32")
10. A boldogi torony de messzire ellátszik...(4'17")
11. „Nagyapám dalai" (Alföld) - My Grandfather's Songs (2'35")
12. Szabad a madárnak... (Csongrád megye) (5'40")
13. Esti dal (Bulgária, Pirin) - Evening Song (4'24")

14. Románca (Moldva) (1'36)
15. Altató (Moldva) Lullaby (2'39")
16. Kettõs jártatója, sirülõje (Gyimes) (4'13")
17. Egy pár tánc Erdõszombattelkérõl (Mezõség) Couple Dances From Etdoszombattelke (4'22")
18. Palatkai bota és de-a lungu (4'35")
19. Ama híres Báthory... (Szentegyházasfalu) (3'09")
20. Bonchidai ritka és sûrû csárdás - Ritka And Suru Csardas From Bonchida (5'42")

Duration (74'39")

Customer Reviews:

Reviewer: Erika B
A Transylvanian Odyssey and Beyond

Vol. 3 is truly a musical journey through Transylvania ... intertwining one's heart and soul like a pretzel! More than half the recordings originate from Mezõség, Gyimes, and Moldavia and the remainder are from within present-day Hungarian borders. This CD will leave you breathless ... your pulse will rise and when it's finished ... you will want more! The heart and soul of Hungarian music seems to have been buried in Transylvania. Transylvania captures the essence and spirit of Hungarian music like no other region. Vol. 3 of this series demonstrates this point more clearly than the previous volumes. Transylvania, nestled in the Carpathian Mountains, has maintained its cultural heritage in nearly pristine condition and therefore has managed to preserve its traditional music unaltered, too. Balint Sarosi, the Hungarian ethnomusicologist, supports this thesis in his book, "Folk Music: Hungarian Musical Idiom" (1986, Budapest: Corvina). He quotes Zoltan Kodaly (p. 90) who says it best, "In the village we did not just find a mountain of songs - no matter whether a hundred or a thousand, it was anyway material that could be grasped, taken away and used. We also found something else without which these songs could never come about: culture ... a homogeneous culture, of which the song forms an inseparable part, virtually its peak, but in any case an organic efflorescence of it. "The culture to which Kodaly refers is the common experience, ideals, desires, and values held by people within a community. Each song or dance is used for just the right occasion within the correct social or cultural context. The two are inseparable.
Vol. 3 contains many toe-tapping, finger-snapping, foot- stomping Mezõségi dance tunes. Examples from the CD are:
"Music from Ordongosfuzes" by Méta Egyuttes
"Lassu and Csardas from Szek" by Szerdas Egyuttes
"The Sound of Music is Heard" ("Muzsikaszo Hallatszik) by Boglya Egyuttes
"Couple Dance from Erdoszombattelke" by Duvo Ensemble and
"Ritka and Suru Csardas from Bonchida" by Gajdos Ensemble.
A very nice surprise and valuable contribution on this CD are the instrumentals played on folk instruments which are seldom heard outside their locale.
"Bansagi Dalok" is played on the citera (zither) by Bela Micsik from Torokbecsi, Yugoslavia
"My Grandfather's Songs" is played on the tekero (hurdy-gurdy) by Tibor Balla from the Great Plains of Hungary.
"Romanca" a Moldavian tune is played on the koboz (a short-necked lute) by Andras Benko of Budapest.
This review would be incomplete without mentioning the tender, soul-searching, heart-felt vocals of which this volume has many fine examples. Soldiers songs are especially well represented here. Examples are:
Soldiers Song: "My mother loved me so much" ("Edes Anyam ugy szeretett") sung by Kinga Hajdu.
"Soldiers Song and Slow Men's dance from Ordogosfuzes" played by Piko and Band.
"Soldier's lament from Galga Region" ("Galgamente Katonasirato") sung by Maria Maczko.
"Soldiers Song from Fedemes" sung by Katalin Molnar.
Soldiers' songs are a unique genre of Hungarian music. Whether or not one has ever been a soldier does not matter - the songs evoke immediate empathy in the listener. Many of the songs originated at the turn of the century under the Austro-Hungarian Empire, when Hungarian lads were conscripted to serve the Kaiser. Anyone can identify with the general themes of the songs: sadness at parting from one's home (village or town) and a broken-heart due to separation from one's family, sweet-heart, or betrothed. The emotional landscape is complete only when one adds the vicissitudes of war: the soldier might not ever return to the people and places he loves so much...
Sarosi (p. 82) sums up the popularity of folk music like this, "One of the main reasons for the survival and durability of folk songs is that it is not linked to a given place or person. It expresses types of emotions valid in many different situations." Vol. 3 fulfils the above description of folk music. My preferences in Hungarian folk music lean toward the Mezõségi style which is well represented on this CD. While I love all the volumes in the "Uj Elo Nepzene" series and have several favorite recordings on each - I find the combination and sequence of selections on Vol. 3 to be the most captivating of the first 3 volumes. If you love Transylvanian style music, this is a "must have" for your collection. For anyone unfamiliar with Transylvanian music - this is a great introduction.

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