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Tag Archives: Hungarian traditional music
Various Artists’ The Rough Guide to Hungarian Music
Mention Hungarian music in a sentence and the word gypsy will inevitably follow. But as is the case with stereotypes, that doesn’t give you the whole picture (a lot of it, but not all of it). The Rough Guide to Hungarian Music takes you all through … Continue reading
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Okros Ensemble’s Transylvanian Village Music
Brendan Foreman penned this review. The music of Transylvania reflects the many cultures that have inhabited it: Romanian, Hungarian, Romany, even some Jewish and German. It’s a haunting, rough style of music, featuring strange harmonies, microtonal note, and some very sophisticated … Continue reading
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Muzsikas and Marta Sebestyen’s Live at Liszt Academy
The music of Hungary is a rich gift to the world. Muzsikas is the best-known of the ensembles that have brought this mesmerizing tradition to the world since the fall of the Iron Curtain in the early 1990s. This recording … Continue reading
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Kalman Magyar’s Exposed and Alexander Fedoriouk and Kalman Magyar’s Crossing Paths
Mike Stiles penned this review. Kalman Magyar is one of those rare people who raise the quality of our world a bit higher. This fellow grew up in New Jersey, absorbing the Hungarian folk culture of his parents and friends. By … Continue reading
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