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Folk music is the oldest form of Romanian musical creation, characterised by great vitality; it is the defining source of the cultured musical creation, both religious and lay. Conservation of Romanian folk music has been aided by a large and enduring audience, also by numerous performers who helped propagate and further develop the folk sound.
Baladă și joc (Ballad and Dance) (1950) is a short composition for two violins by Hungarian composer György Ligeti, based on two Romanian folk songs.. In 1949, before graduating from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Ligeti spent the year researching folk music in Romania.
The Two Romanian Dances (Két Román Tánc in Hungarian), Op. 8a, are a piano work written by Béla Bartók, based on Romanian folk music. [1] Written in 1910, they date from the beginning of his interest in folk music — his first work showing strong folk influence, the String Quartet No. 1, is from just two years before.
Pages in category "Romanian folk music" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Cântă cucu-n ...
In Georgia, the tune became widely adopted into traditional folk music repertoire and is known as "Torola" (ტოროლა, the lark) [6] During the communist-era, the Romanian intelligence service operated a numbers station believed to be used by spies in foreign countries. The station known as "V01" became well known for its use of ...
"Cântă cucu-n Bucovina" or "Cântă cucu în Bucovina" (transl. 'Sings the Cuckoo in Bukovina') is a Romanian folk song, more precisely a doină, composed in 1904 by Constantin Mandicevschi [de; ru; uk]. The lyrics are original, while the melody is a modified Bukovinian mourning song.
Romanian Folk Dances (Romanian: Dansuri populare românești, pronounced [ˈdansurʲ popuˈlare romɨˈneʃtʲ]), (Hungarian: Román népi táncok, pronounced [ˈromaːn ˈneːpi ˈtaːnt͡sok]), Sz. 56, BB 68 is a suite of six short piano pieces composed by Béla Bartók in 1915.
Hora lungă (Cântec lung, Rom., literally 'long song'), is a Romanian regional folksong style characterized by the union of a lyrical text and improvisational melody. [ 1 ] Also called hora lunga or horea lunga, (hora here is derived from the Romanian word meaning 'oration').