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  2. Romani music - Wikipedia

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    Traditionally there are two types of Romani music: one rendered for non-Romani audiences, the other is made within the Romani community. The music performed for outsiders is called "gypsy music", which is a colloquial name that comes from Ferenc Liszt. They call the music they play among themselves "folk music". [19]

  3. Gypsy style - Wikipedia

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    Music played in this style differs from actual Romani music played by Romani and Sinti people, many of whom regard the term "gypsy" as a slur when applied to their community. It consists mainly of instrumentals and usually performed by strings , except in the Romanian variant where the pan flute is the main instrument.

  4. Gypsy music - Wikipedia

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    Gypsy music may refer to: Gypsy music, also known as Gypsy style, Romani-related music played in a characteristic gypsy style and Romani music, the original music of the Romani people; Gypsy jazz, jazz played by Romani people; Gypsy punk, a hybrid of Romani music and punk rock; Gypsy scale, a musical scale sometimes found in Romani music

  5. Zigeunerweisen - Wikipedia

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    Zigeunerweisen is in one movement but can be divided into four sections, the first three in the key of C minor and the last in A minor, based on the tempi: . Moderato – An imposing, virtuosic introduction with slow majestic energy by the orchestra, then a little softer by the violin itself.

  6. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    In instrumental music, a style of playing that imitates the way the human voice might express the music, with a measured tempo and flexible legato. cantilena a vocal melody or instrumental passage in a smooth, lyrical style canto Chorus; choral; chant cantus mensuratus or cantus figuratus (Lat.) Meaning respectively "measured song" or "figured ...

  7. Sinti - Wikipedia

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    Adolf Eichmann recommended that Nazi Germany solve the "Gypsy Question" simultaneously with the Jewish Question, resulting in the deportation of the Sinti to clear room to build homes for ethnic Germans. [18] Some were sent to the territory of Poland, or elsewhere, including some deported to the territory of Yugoslavia by the Hamburg Police in ...

  8. Manele - Wikipedia

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    The difference between old and modern (contemporary) manea rhythmic pattern. Manele is a mixture of "oriental" Romanian folk and contemporary pop music with bases on Balkan influences The lyrics usually refer to themes of love, enemies, money, alcoholism and difficulties of life in general, or some of the songs are specifically dedicated to parties, weddings, funerals, etc. Manele style ...

  9. Hungarian minor scale - Wikipedia

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    Measures 5–6 of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2.. Tchaikovsky’s piece, “Marche slave”, has a main theme using the Hungarian minor scale.. The Pink Panther Theme, originally played in the key of E minor, is noted for its quirky, unusual use of chromaticism which is derived from this scale.