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Új Pátria - New Patria Series Vol 8

Szék - Sic

'Original village music from the Transylvanian heath
from the collection of
"Final Hour" program (1997-1998)'

35 Page Booklet With This CD

Musicians:
Csorba János - voice
Kocsis János
- whistle, voice
Pap Mária - voice
Székely Ferenc
- whistle, voice
Székely József
- whistle, voice

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. According to our plans, some 45 recordings will be released commercially from the Final Hour Transylvanian collection as a part of the Új Pátria series. 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 8

Szek - Sic

'Original village music from the Transylvanian heath
from the collection of
"Final Hour" program (1997-1998)'

This symbol  indicates an mp3 sound clip for that track. Click on the symbol and wait for the clip to start. For more information click here. Tracks

1. Slow (couple dance) (4'32")

2. Slow and turning couple dances (2'45")

3. I heard that ... (Slow couple dance) (5'02")

4. I left my beautiful home ... (lament) (2'47")

5. The river Szamos flows below my garden ... (dance for two couples) (2'02")

6. Dance for two couples (2'17")

7. I'm going out to Southern Tyrol ... (slow couple dance) (3'43")

8. I'm going out to Southern Tyrol ... (3'55")

9. (a) Lullebye, (b) Slow couple dance, (c) Blue violets in the cemetary ... (5'03")

10. Dance for two couples, turning couple dance (3'01")

11. Son of God ... (Christmas carol) (1'39")

12. The Virgin Mary on this day ... (Christmas carol) (2'39")

13. We arrived on this day ... (János name day carol) (3'21")

14. The new time ... (New Year's carol and greeting) (1'50")

15. Carnival revellers tune (dance for two couples), dance for two couples (1'54")

16. My sweetheart has gone ... (slow couple dance) (5'01")

17. Shepherd's tune (3'54")

18. Beautifully grazing ... (slow couple dance) (3'49")

19. Erzsébet Szilágyi ... (slow couple dance) (5'33")

20. Couple dances' Slow, faster slow, and turning (6'38")

Duration (72'09")