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Új Pátria - New Patria Series
Vol 16

Zerkula János keservesei -
Laments of Janos Zerkula

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

Musicians:
Janos Zerkula - gyimesi hegedu, Gyimes violin, voice
Regina Fiko - gyimesi gardon, Gyimes hit-cello, voice

'The Gyimes people live in a quite remote mountain area, and their music is quite unique; even one of the instruments is unique, an uto-gardon (hit-gardon), which is played by alternately beating the strings with a stick, and snapping one string with the fingers hard enough that it snaps against the sound-board.'

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 progam 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 16

Laments of Janos Zerkula

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

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1. Egyszer egy kicsi madar - Once a small bird

2. Jai, de Janos, mit gondoltal - Oh Janos, what are you thinking

3. Zirig-zereg a vasajto - Sorrow, sorrow, how heavy you are

4. Banat, banat, de nehez vagy

5. Baszom, aki hova valo - Damn, he who has a home

6. Amott jon egy legeny, jaj, de beteg szegeny - A boy is coming, oh, poor thing is sick

7. Szaszvaroson ugy koszonnek, buna seara, jo estet - In Szaszvaros they say 'buna seara', good evening

8. Oroszorszag nem jo helyt van - Russia is not in a good place

9. 'z este a Gyimesbe jartam - I was in Gymes last night

10. Babam, ha te Ricin tul mesz - Darling, if you go beyond Rici

11. Kegyes banat, szoljon magam - Virtuous grief, say something to me

12 - 13. Sir a szemem, hull a konnyem - My eyes are crying, tears falling

14. Edesanyam rozsafaja - On my mother's rose tree

15. Banat, banat, de nehez vagy - Sorrow, sorrow, how heavy you are

16. Udvaromon kettot fordult a kocsi - The wagon went twice around my yard

17. En Istenem, miert vertel meg - My Lord, give me a day

18. Barna kislany, ha te tudnad, hol lakom - My dear God, why did you strike me

Duration (61'24")