5. Verbunkos
In the 19th century, verbunkos was the
most popular style in Hungary.
This consisted of a slow dance followed
by
a faster dance; this dichotomy, between
the slower and faster dances, has been
seen as the two contrasting aspects of
the Hungarian character.
6. Verbunkos was originally played at recruitment
ceremonies to convince young men to join the
army, and was performed, as in so much of
Hungarian music, by Roma bands.
7. „dance house”
‘Táncház’ is a dance music movement
which first appeared in the 1970s as a
reaction against state-supported
homogenized folk music.
8. Famous instrumentalists
Many of the biggest names in modern
Hungarian music emerged from the
‘Táncház’ scene, including Muzsikás
Ensemble and a famous Hungarian singer
Márta Sebestyén.
9. Márta Sebestyén
She is known for
adaptations of Somogy
and Erdély folk songs,
some of which appear in
Deep Forest’s Boheme
album, which received
the Grammy Award for
Best World Music Album
in 1996.
10. Csárdás
‘Csárdás’ is a very
popular Hungarian
folk dance that
comes in
many regional
varieties, and is
characterized by
changes in tempo.
11. “salterio”
Every country named in english region “
the instrument hammered dulcimer”,
differently: in Germain
region “Hackbrett”, in french region
“tympanon”,
in italian and spanish
region “salterio” and in
the hungarian language
“cimbalom”.
12. So Ferenc Erkel - who was the founder of
the Hungarian opera - used the cimbalom
the first time in the Hungarian classical
music. This opera “Bánk bán” had his
premier in 1861.
13. Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók observed that Hungarian "peasant music"
use isometric (with an even number of structures) stophe
structure and certain pentatonic (five tone) formations,
along with a liking for tempo giusto (rhythm consisting
chiefly of equal values).
14. Bartók studied over 300
melodies, and noted that more
modern tunes used for dancing
featured pentatonic turns with
These features frequent leaps in fourths.
jointly may be
considered as
altogether typical,
and differentiate
"Hungarian
peasant music"
from that of any
other nation.
15. Hungarian rock giants
The three giants of Hungarian rock, Illés,
Metró and Omega, remain very popular,
especially Omega, which has followings
in Germany and beyond as well as in
Hungary.
16. MEGASTARS
In recent times, talent shows have become a notablegenre
of reality television, such as Idol, Got Talent and The X
Factor.
