Re: Tango a zsidoknak

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

Welcome, Jerusha,

Indeed, Muzsikas have continued to work on the authenticity of their
performances of this material. It gave me quite a thrill to be 
listening a couple of years ago when Marta Sebasten introduced 
the sabbath song from that album as "the most beautiful song that I know."

ari

At 05:47 PM 3/9/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello!  I'm new to the list, and this is my first posting.  A disc that i 
>bought quite a while ago, but still enjoy, is by Muzsikas.  It's called 
>Maramaros: The Lost Jewish Music of Transylvania.  It's an excellent disc 
>performed by a Hungarian folk group (Muzsikas).  They were taught the songs 
>by Gypsy musicians who played for the Jews before the war.  The musical (and 
>perhaps entire) Jewish population of this area was wiped out during the 
>Holocaust.  Included with the disc is an 18-page insert.  It's very 
>enlightening and I learned so much.  The music is very rustic.  It's 
>beautiful.  I highly recommend this disc to all.  Peace!  --Jerusha
>
><< I've just bought CD UJ PATRIA - Az Utolso Ora program
> gyujtemeny ebol ---Kalatoszegi nepzene containing field
> recordings of Hungarian music from Transylvanian
> Kalatoszeg region.
> One short piece is named "Tango a zsidoknak" /Jewish
> Tango/ played by band with three violins and double
> bass in crippled tango rhytm.
> Does anybody knows more about such tunes /or heard this
> one and comment it/ ?? >>
>
>

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