List member Tom Kafka has asked me translate some notes on a CD that
is now available. Here's the information (the English titles of the
tracks are theirs, not my translations). I don't know the cost or
anything about the contents other than what's here, but Tom thought it
might interest folks.
-Arle
István Poór: Ancient Hungarian Folk Music on Tárogató and Hurdy-Gurdy
(Osi magyar népzene tárogatón és tekeron)
Contents:
1. Mayfly, yellow mayfly
2. The proud castle of Krasznahorka - In the village Ajk
3. Csinom Palkó - The cow has run away
4. Fly away swan - In the green forest
5. Sárika
6. The moonlight is bathing
7. Shepard's melody
8. Farmer John, wherever I go even the trees are crying
9. For dance
10. Csürdöngölõs - live, with dancer
11. I tied my horse
Musicians: Istvan Poór (tárogató, hurdy-gurdy), Károly Szórádi
(cimbalom), Paul Gáspár (violin), Paul Görcsi (viola), Lajos Csonka
(double bass).
This recording is dedicated to the Hungarians in Transsylvania.
Recording was made in New York, 1976, Republished Budapest 2004. Made
in Hungary.
“In music the pitch of F has the most powerful transcendental and
healing power. The sound of the tárogató also has healing power, and
from the introduction on most of the tunes, perhaps all of them, sound
around the pitch of F. This particular sound is uniquely capable of
raising a person’s vibrations to the highest level of frequency.”
Available for order at [EMAIL PROTECTED] of http://www.nemzetekeuropaja.hu
