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Új Pátria - New Patria Series Vol 1

Váralmási Pici Aladár And His Band

'Collected Village Music
From The Kalotaszeg
From The Collection Of
"Final Hour" Program
(1997-1998)'

(FA-101-2)

45 Page Booklet with this CD

Aladár "Pici" Zágor from the village of Váralmás in Kalotaszeg, Romania leads his band through a varied repertoire of Hungarian, Romanian, Jewish, and Gypsy music. Both dance tunes and laments are authentically played with the style allowing for improvising and ornamentation so dearly loved by Gypsy musicians!

Musicians:
Zágor Aladár “Pici” - hegedű violin
Cilika Gyula - hegedű / violin
Lőrincz Albert “Ötvös Berci” - brácsa / viola
Ötvös Sándor - nagybőgő / double bass

The Final Hour Program

"The Fono Music Hall in Budapest has created the support structure necessary to fund the Utolsó Óra - Final Hour - Program, a comprehensive folk music collection. Professional support for the program has been provided by the Institute of Musicology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Starting in September 1997, under the direction of folk music researcher László Kelemen, the traditional Transylvanian bands still in existence were brought to Budapest for recording sessions. Each band was at the disposal of the researchers for five days during which time is was possible to record from many of them, almost complete repertoires serving more than one ethnic group. It has also been possible to collect more than simply the vocabulary of melodies, but also to record and document the music, dance, and information regarding related folk customs, which is then transferred to archival CDs. One or two couples of dancers and one or two singers arrived with each band helping to provide the vocal and functional connections to the instrumental music. To satisfy a wider audience, Fonó Records began to publish a series of CDs in 1998 under the name of Új Pátria. These are commercial releases of representative selections of material recorded during the Final Hour Program. The series follows in the footsteps of the original Pátria series of gramophone records from the end of the 1930’s. The Pátria series was prepared under the direction of Béla Bartók, Zoltán Kodály and Laszló Lajtha by Hungarian Radio in cooperation with the [Hungarian] Ethnographic Museum.

The value of these CDs, which are released in book format with photographic illustration, is incalculable. The records with accompanying text in both Hungarian and English will be a lasting addition to Hungarian culture in the collections of both Hungarians and foreigners alike.

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Új Pátria - New Patria Series Vol 1

Varalmasi Pici Aladar And His Band

'Collected Village Music
From The Kalotaszeg
From The Collection Of
"Final Hour" Program
(1997-1998)'

(FA-101-2)

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

1. Slow And Quick Dances For Carnival (3'33")

2. Dawn Song, Slow And Quick Dance For The Romanians (8'11")

3. St, Stephen's Day Greeting From Felszeg (2'54")

4. Verbunk (Recruiting Dance) Music (4'05")

5. Dawn Song, Slow And Fast Gypsy Couples Dance (9'22")

6. Mens Recruiting Dance, Legenyes, Quick Couples Dance From Felszeg (5'15")

7. Christmas Carols (3'24")

8. Lament, Dawn Song, Slow And Quick Couples Dance From Varalmas (3'24")

9. Romanian Couples Dance (6'59")

10. Dawn Songs (7'52")

11. Jewish Tango (1'00")

12. Lament, Dawn Song, Slow And Quick Couples Dance (9'17")

Duration (70'49")

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