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Szászcsávás Band
Szászcsávás Band
3
(SZASZ3) "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.
Traditionally in Transylvania, the
Gypsies - and before WW II also the Jews - played the instrumental music at weddings and
other celebrations. For many generations the Gypsy musicians from Szászcsává
have been famous throughout the region.
Though they are not members of the choir, they know the songs and the style of singing.
The people of Szászcsávás are a more musically demanding audience than the average, who
don't tolerate weak musicians. The Gypsies live on a street on the edge of what is by
Transylvanian standards a fairly well off village. They make their living by doing
seasonal agricultural work and making bricks."
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Szászcsávás Band
Szászcsávás Band
3
(SZASZ3)
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Tracks |
| 1. Csaras es szoko - couple dance (3'10") |
| 2. A Ven Kranci verbunkja - the Ven Kranci's verbunk (3'12") |
| 3. Szekely verbunk - Hungarian men's dance (7'20") |
| 4. Enekelt asztali es csardas - Hungarian table song and csardas (8'14") |
| 5. Felolahos - Hungarian couple dance (4'22") |
| 6. Cigany asztali hallgato - Gypsy table music (6'31") |
| 7. Cigany csardas es szoko - Gypsy couple dance (4'48") |
| 8. 'Gyertek fiuk, menjunk a kocsmaba' - 'Come on guys, lets go to the pub' (2'16") |
| 9. Mahala (popular new dance of Turkish origin) (3'41") |
| 10. Cigany csardas es szoko 'szajbol - scat csardas and szoko (1'51") |
| 11. Roman hallgato - Romanian doina (3'48") |
| 12. De-a-purtat, ceardas, hartag - Romanian couple dance (7'33") |
| 13. Enekelt cigany csardas - sung Gypsy slow csardas (2'45") |
| 14. Kemenynagyszollosi csardasok - Csardas's from Kemenynagyszollos (3'21") |
| 15. Cigany szoko - Gypsy szoko (3'05") |
| 16. Rakoczi-indulo - Rakoczi March (1'49") |
Duration (67'52") |
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