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Új Pátria - New Patria Series Vol 6

Pilu's Band From Solovastru

'Original Village Music From The Upper-Mures Region
From The Collection Of
"Final Hour" Program (1997-1998)'

(FA-106-2) 2 x CD set

39 Page Booklet With This Double CD Set

Musicians:
Lucaciu Adalbert “Pilu” (1924)
- hegedu / violin
Moldován "Vasvilla" Béla (1935)
- hegedu / violin
Ramba Adalbert (1924)
- kontra
Lakatos Gábor (1933)
- cimbalom
Preda Dumitru (1924)
- nagybogo / double bass

'... They have a huge repertoire covering Hungarian, Romanian, Gypsy and Jewish music - the whole melting-pot, in styles ranging from breakneck dances with a sawing, lurching bass, to delicate laments with ghostly violin ornamentations...'

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 6

Pilu's Band From Solovastru

'Original Village Music From The Upper-Mures Region
From The Collection Of
"Final Hour" Program (1997-1998)'

(FA-106-2)

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Tracks


CD Number 1
1. Invitation To Dance (1'14")
2. Stick Dance (2'43")

3. Couple Dances (4'05")
4. Lullabyes (4'10")
5.Soldier's Songs From Gorgenyoroszfalu (Solovastru) (1'50")
6. Soldier's Songs From Gorgenyoroszfalu (Jabenita) (1'52")
7. Wedding Tunes From Gorgeny And Bolkeny Valley (1'57")
8. Wedding Tunes (Upper-Mures River Valley) (1'34")
9. Tune For Serving Roasted Chicken At The Wedding Meal (1'31")
10. The Shepherd Has Lost His Sheep (3'52")
11. Invitation To A Work Party (1'48")
12. Christmas Greeting (2'46")
13. Goat Mask Tune - Winter Folk Custom (1'16")
14. Lament About Falling Into The Unknown (6'14")
15. Caluseriul - Banu Maracine Romanian Dance (2'36")

16. Ceavarul Romanian Dance (1'16")
17. Plopisul Romanian Dance (1'25")
18. Septetata Romanian Dance (2'00")
19. Rata - Alunelu - Brau Romanian Dances (4'30")
20. Sarba - Muresanca - De Doi - De-a Lungu - Invartita Romanian Dances (10'01")
21. Rara Sau Tarnaveanca Romanian Dances (1'42")
22. Romanian Turning Dance Tune Imitating The Bagpipe (2'32")
23. Romanian Turning Dance Tune Imitating A Mill (2'01")
24. Tune Imitating A Clock Striking (0'51")
25. Romanian Dance Of German Origin From The Toplica Area (2'53")

CD Number 2
1. Romanian Dances (13'35")
2. Tune For Serving The Roasted Chicken At The Wedding Meal (1'15")
3. Tunes For Wedding Yells (2'05")
4. Romanian Dances - Mezsozeg Area
5. Lament For Hoeing The Fields (2'05")
6. Romanian Dances (Mezoseg, Teke/Teaca Area (5'40")
7. Lament (5'58")
8. Romanian Dances From Sajo Valley
9. Men's Dances (1'51")
10. Hungarian Couple Dances (1'52")
11. Hungarian Table Songs (4'55")
12. Hungarian Couple Dances (1'65")
13. Gypsy Table Songs (4'55")
14. Slow And Fast Gypsy Couple Dances (3'53")
15. Hungarian Gypsy Song For The Wake (5'26")
16. Romanian Gypsy Song For The Wake (3'42")
17. Funeral Processional (All Ethnic Groups) (2'12")
18. Jewish Wedding Song (0'36")

Total Playing Time CD1 (68'35"), CD2 (68'20")

Submitted by Michael Smith

The rest of the Uj Patria series are single discs, but I suppose Pilu's band was so good they were forced to give it two CDs. They have a huge repertoire covering Hungarian, Romanian, Gypsy and Jewish music - the whole melting-pot, in styles ranging from breakneck dances with a sawing, lurching bass, to delicate laments with ghostly violin ornamentations. There's a cimbalom too which adds rhythmic charm. Bartok heard this repertoire, and some of the Hapsburgs made the trip as well. I can understand why they were impressed. Those of us who can't spend much time in the Mures Valley are lucky to have the chance to hear these discs instead (it's a pity the songs aren't translated, though).

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