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Music CD details Szászcsávás Band "Szaszcsavas is a small village located in the Kis-Kukullo River
valley of Transylvania, in Romania. The majority of the village's 900 inhabitants are
Hungarians, with 20% Gypsies. This CD presents selections from the traditional repertoire
of this village's Gypsy musicians. Szászcsávás holds a unique place in Hungarian music history. Whereas Hungarian folk singing
is always in unison, this is perhaps the only village where polyphonic singing is found.
It is a folklorized form of the polyphonic religious singing style which was introduced by
protestant theologians at the end of the eighteenth century, upon returning from
university in western Europe. According to the researchers, the Szászcsávás' choral
tradition can he traced back to the Basel school, on the basis of the number of parts and
elements of composition. An active five part chorus still exists in the village
today. Every Hungarian sings; the parts are passed down through the family, from
father to son. In addition to performances by the chorus, the people of the village
sing in parts during church services, at weddings, at halls and other gatherings. At such
celebrations, older popular Hungarian art songs generally dominate, but other popular
folksy-songs (known in Hungarian as nota), traditional folk songs and the traditional
songs which accompany dancing are also sung in parts. GBP 10.79 Szaszcsavas web site: |
Szászcsávás Band
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