Artist
Hungary
Influences:
East European
, Balkan
Genres:
world,
folk,
jazz,
etno-jazz,
romanian folk
IN THE CHARTS
PHOTOS
Followers
ABOUT
In addition to exploring the hitherto unknown treasures of Hungarian folk music, as a
composer and folklorist Béla Bartók (1881-1945) worked tirelessly to collect and study the folk
music of the surrounding peoples. He looked for ancient, old-style melodies: those that were
the most typical of different ethnicities. He found these in peasant communities where, in the
early 20th century, people still led a traditional form of life. He also examined how neighboring
communities influenced each other's folk music. From 1909 to 1918 he collected nearly 3500
Romanian instrumental and vocal melodies.
The music you will hear on Attacca World Music’s BIHAR album uses this abundant
collection as source material. Our musical interpretations were inspired by the instrumental
and vocal melodies that Béla Bartók collected in Bihor county. (Béla Bartók: Cântece
poporale româneşti din comitatul Bihor (Ungaria) / Chansons populaires roumaines du
département Bihar (Hongrie). Bucureşti, 1913.)
The album also contains the arrangements of a few Hungarian folk melodies from
Transylvanian Hungarians. Folksongs, a shared work by Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály,
originally published in 1923. The arrangements combine authentic folk music elements from
the Carpathian Basin with our own world music sound.
We warmly recommend the Attacca World Music & Kálmán Balogh: BIHAR projekt performance!
composer and folklorist Béla Bartók (1881-1945) worked tirelessly to collect and study the folk
music of the surrounding peoples. He looked for ancient, old-style melodies: those that were
the most typical of different ethnicities. He found these in peasant communities where, in the
early 20th century, people still led a traditional form of life. He also examined how neighboring
communities influenced each other's folk music. From 1909 to 1918 he collected nearly 3500
Romanian instrumental and vocal melodies.
The music you will hear on Attacca World Music’s BIHAR album uses this abundant
collection as source material. Our musical interpretations were inspired by the instrumental
and vocal melodies that Béla Bartók collected in Bihor county. (Béla Bartók: Cântece
poporale româneşti din comitatul Bihor (Ungaria) / Chansons populaires roumaines du
département Bihar (Hongrie). Bucureşti, 1913.)
The album also contains the arrangements of a few Hungarian folk melodies from
Transylvanian Hungarians. Folksongs, a shared work by Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály,
originally published in 1923. The arrangements combine authentic folk music elements from
the Carpathian Basin with our own world music sound.
We warmly recommend the Attacca World Music & Kálmán Balogh: BIHAR projekt performance!
