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Hungarian folk music is a prominent part of the national identity and continues to play a major part in Hungarian music. [1] [2] The Busójárás carnival in Mohács is a major folk music event in Hungary, formerly featuring the long-established and well-regarded Bogyiszló orchestra. [3]
Hungarians, also known as Magyars (/ ˈ m æ ɡ j ɑː r z / MAG-yarz; [25] Hungarian: magyarok [ˈmɒɟɒrok]), are a Central European nation and an ethnic group native to Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország) and other lands once belonging to the Kingdom of Hungary who share a common culture, and language.
Muzsikás is a Hungarian musical group playing mainly folk music of Hungary and other countries and peoples of the region. [1] Established in 1973, it has also played works by classical composers, especially Béla Bartók, who himself collected folk tunes. The group has recorded other albums and, since 1978, has toured regularly around the world.
Little is known about Hungarian music prior to the 11th century, when the first Kings of Hungary were Christianized and Gregorian chant was introduced. During this period a bishop from Venice wrote the first surviving remark about Hungarian folk song when he commented on the peculiar singing style of a maid.
During the 20th century, Hungarian composers were influenced by the traditional music of their nation which may be considered as a repeat of the early "nationalist" movement of the early 19th century but is more accurately the artists' desire to escape the hegemony of the classical tradition manifold at that time. Béla Bartók took this ...
Hungarian musical groups (8 C, 1 P) I. Icelandic musical groups (6 C, 3 P) Indian musical groups (15 C, 63 P) ... Category: Musical groups by nationality.
Hungarian folk music is a prominent part of the national identity and continues to play a major part in the country’s music.It retains Turkic influences [8] [9] [10] and tends to have a strong dactylic rhythm due to the Hungarian language consistently putting stress on the first syllable of each word.
Hungarian music may refer to: Music of Hungary, which includes many kinds of music associated with Serbian, Roma and ethnically Hungarian people;