Muzsikás – chasid wedding dances

июля 30, 2011 · By admin

NOTE: vimeo.com The Lost Jewish Music of Transylvania (excerpts) By Keith Nurse The album is the well-known Hungarian folk group, Muzsikás’ attempt to reconstruct Jewish instrumental music from the Máramaros region of northern Transylvania. In spite of evidence of the existence of musicians known as the klezmorim, no recording or notation of pre-Second World War Jewish folk music survived the decimation of the Holocaust. The project began in 1988 when Muzsikás became interested in exploring Jewish instrumental music and were introduced to Zoltán Simon, who was encouraged by the Hungarian composer and collector of folk music, Zoltán Kodály to collect Jewish folk music from Hungarian villages. Simon gave the group some of his transcriptions which had never been published. The group decided to investigate further the links between Hungarian and Jewish folk music and the possibilities of reconstructing the latter. Their music invokes both a sense of celebration and of sorrow. If the real Jewish music of Transylvania is gone, this disc makes sure it will not be forgotten.

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