giovedì 20 marzo 2014

The common musical video

The pupils and their parents prepared the common musical video.


martedì 18 marzo 2014

HISTORY OF MUSIC - HUNGARY




The source of Hungarian music connects to the folk music of nations of Central-Asia.  Hungary has made many contributions to the fields of folk and classical music. Hungarian folk music is a prominent part of the national identity and continues to play a major part in Hungarian music.
  1. We can find the first regular tab in the Codex of Pray. According to earliest  documentation the Gregorian chant was the most important musical wonder in connection with the Hungarian music history in the 11th century. These topic of songs belonged to the Chiristian religion. After that, we would like to introduce the most popular insturments from the story of Hungarian musical history:
-           in 1222: the whistle
-           in 1326: the kobzos
-          in 1355: the bugle
-          in 1358: the fiddle
-          in 1402: the bagpipe
-          in 1427: the lute
-          in 1428: the trumpet
After that, the organ came to play a major role.
  1. In the 16th century the Hungarian instrumental music was well -known in Europe. The church music was very famous, and the popular and the folk music were popular as well.  Bálint Bakfark become as a world-famous lutenist on abroad. At the end of the 17th century the lyrical songs were really important in the popular music. In this time the insturmental dance was widespread also.
  2. The Hungarian classical music has long been an "experiment, made from Hungarian antecedents and on Hungarian soil, to create a personal musical culture; using the musical world of the folk songs". For example, Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály, the famous Hungarian composers, are known for using folk themes in their music. Bartók collected folk songs from region of Eastern Europe, while Kodály was more interested in creating a typical Hungarian musical style.  In the 18th century born the „verbunkos” musical style, then rose the importation of lyrics. We are proud for our primary musical heritage from the 19th century. In connection with this, we don’t forget about the world-famous Hungarian componist, about Francis Liszt, who created the „Hungarian Dances” and the „Rhapsodies”. These pieces represent the Hungarian folk music. The Csángó Hungarians of Moldavia have moved in large numbers to Budapest. They connected the local folk music with their distinctive intstruments (for examples: with violins, drums, lutes and flutes).
  3. During the time of Communism (1949–1989) the Hungarian musical culture was checked by ideological impurity. However, the Hungarian music industry has begun to recover with the musical results on the field of jazz. For instance: Rudolf Tomsits, the famous trumpeter, and Károly Binder, a well-known pianist-composer. The most popular  Hungarian rock bands: Illés, Metró, Omega and Beatrice.

About the typical Hungarian instruments…

  1. The „cimbalom”: means that = hammered dulcimer: large, trapezoidal box with metal strings stretched across its the top.
                                            

  1. The „cobza”: means that = cobsa:  multi-stringed instrument from the lutes family of folk origin.

  1. The „magyar duda”: means that = traditional Hungarian bagpipe.

  1. The „tekerőlant”: means that = hurdy-gurdy: stringed musical instrument, what contributes with crank-turned  and rosined wheel.

  1. The” tárogató”: means that = Turkish pipe: refers to two different woodwind instruments.

  1. The „ütőgardon”: means that = gardon: folk musical instrument from Transylvania. Really popular among the ethinc of Hungarians on the region of Székely and Csángó.

  1. The „citera”: means that = zither: musical string instrument, consists of many strings stretched across a thin, flat body; but it has not neck. We can strum this instrument with our finger; or we can use picks as well. The number of strings are variable, from as few as twelve to more than fifty.