Romanian Traditional Dance
Author: Anca Giurchescu
Publisher:
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13:
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Manele in Romania
Author: Margaret Beissinger
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2016-08-08
Total Pages: 349
ISBN-13: 1442267089
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis edited volume examines manele (sing. manea), an urban Romanian song-dance ethnopop genre that combines local traditional and popular music with Balkan and Middle Eastern elements. The genre is performed primarily by male Romani musicians at weddings and clubs and appeals especially to Romanian and Romani youth. It became immensely popular after the collapse of communism, representing for many the newly liberated social conditions of the post-1989 world. But manele have also engendered much controversy among the educated and professional elite, who view the genre as vulgar and even “alien” to the Romanian national character. The essays collected here examine the “manea phenomenon” as a vibrant form of cultural expression that engages in several levels of social meaning, all informed by historical conditions, politics, aesthetics, tradition, ethnicity, gender, class, and geography.
Redefining Hungarian Music from Liszt to Bartók
Author: Lynn M. Hooker
Publisher:
Published: 2013-10
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 0199739595
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the early twentieth century, Bela Bartók and his circle argued for a new definition of "Hungarianness," one which centered around folksong rather than the "Hungarian-Gypsy" style relied upon by Franz Liszt and his contemporaries. This book traces the historical process that defined the conventions of Hungarian-Gypsy style, and reveals through this decades-long debate what it meant to be Hungarian, European, and modern.
Folkloric Aspects of the Romanian Imaginary and Myth
Author: Claudia Costin
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2018-07-27
Total Pages: 138
ISBN-13: 1527514730
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume explores a selection of significant and topical elements from the vast amount of Romanian folkloric and mythological material. It sheds light on the mythical-ritualistic aspects of three complex calendar holydays (specifically The Lads of Brașov, Călușarii, and Sânzienele), whose ritualistic sequences, laden with mythical-symbolical reminiscences, were lost during the Communist period and are known today thanks to their spectacular features. Such aspects include demonic mythical beings (such as Iele, Rusalii, Știma Apei, The Woodwoman, and Strigoi) that define the collective imaginary; significant myths that have found their artistic expression in fairytales and legends; and the role of women in traditional Romanian society.
Székely and Bartók
Author: Claude Kenneson
Publisher: Portland, Or. : Amadeus Press
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 580
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSzekely's story - his childhood in rural Hungary, his rise to fame as a concert violinist, his involvement in the new music movement in prewar Europe, and his work with the Hungarian String Quartet - unfolds through the violinist's own recollections and those of his wife, Mientje, and other longtime colleagues. Bartok's profound influence on Szekely's life and work reveals itself through Szekely's voice and in correspondence. Szekely and Bartok: The Story of a Friendship provides an intimate view of concert life in mid-twentieth-century Europe among such artists as Ravel, Dohnanyi, Hindemith, Milhaud, Honegger, Castlenuovo-Tedesco, Kodaly, and others. The book contains previously unpublished Bartok letters, Szekely's firsthand accounts of Bartok's interpretive preferences, comprehensive listings of Szekely's compositions and first performances, and the complete story of the Hungarian String Quartet from its founding in Budapest in 1935 to the final concert at Dartmouth College in 1972. From 1973 to 1993, Szekely's role as violinist-in-residence at the Banff Centre in Canada was the culmination of a long and distinguished career, and helped establish the institution as a world center for chamber music study. Written from personal recollections and original documents and research, this book is destined to occupy a prominent position in the chamber music literature.
International Folk Dancing U.S.A.
Author: Betty Casey
Publisher:
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781574411188
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is an extensive work on international folk dancing as practiced in the United States. It tells how to do the hopak, czardas and the bamboo pole dance; plan an international folk dance program; do the little finger hold and the hambo swing. International Folk Dancing U.S.A. presents historical vignettes on pioneer folk dance leaders; instructions for 180 dances from 30 countries; contributions from 60 folk dance authorities; easy-to-follow dance step descriptions; a Glossary of folk dance terms; many helpful illustrations.
Three Hungarian Folksongs from Csik - Sheet Music for Piano
Author: Béla Bartók
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Published: 2018-01-24
Total Pages: 7
ISBN-13: 1528783824
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of 3 classic Hungarian folk songs originally published in 1908. Songs include: 1. The Peacock, 2. At the Jánoshida Fairground, 3. White Lily. Classic Folk Music Collection constitutes an extensive library of the most well-known and universally-enjoyed works of folk music ever composed, reproduced from authoritative editions for the enjoyment of musicians and music students the world over.
Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 for the Piano
Author: Béla Bartók
Publisher: Alfred Music
Published: 2005-05-03
Total Pages: 16
ISBN-13: 1457445395
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis set of six pieces is based on folk song melodies and dance forms from Transylvania which was annexed to Romania in 1920. The contrasting melodies were originally for violin or shepherd's flute, but the unusual harmonies are original with Bartók. The performance time for the complete set of dances is approximately 4 minutes, 15 seconds.
Balkan Fascination
Author: Mirjana Laušević
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2015-10
Total Pages: 310
ISBN-13: 0190269421
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Balkan Fascination, ethnomusicologist Mirjana Lausevic, a native of the Balkans, investigates this remarkable phenomenon to explore why so many Americans actively participate in specific Balkan cultural practices to which they have no familial or ethnic connection.
Staging Citizenship
Author: Ioana Szeman
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2017-12-29
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 1785337319
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased on over a decade of fieldwork conducted with urban Roma, Staging Citizenship offers a powerful new perspective on one of the European Union’s most marginal and disenfranchised communities. Focusing on “performance” broadly conceived, it follows members of a squatter’s settlement in Transylvania as they navigate precarious circumstances in a postsocialist state. Through accounts of music and dance performances, media representations, activism, and interactions with both non-governmental organizations and state agencies, author Ioana Szeman grounds broad themes of political economy, citizenship, resistance, and neoliberalism in her subjects’ remarkably varied lives and experiences.
