Folk music retained ancient melodies X. century : Hungary became part of Europe’s culture adopting foreign musical achievement without rejecting our traditions Christianity : plainsong, Gregorian chant Secular music : we can rely only on written references and contemporaneous folk music
Gregorian chants in two voices Matthias Corvinus : employed 40 singers; this chorus rivalled that if the Holy See or Burgunoly in size and quality of performance OttomanTurkish occupation of Hungary: -> Gregorian musical life ceased in the central ages ( )
-> Protestan reformers : translated liturgical songs -> long chronicles about historical events and biblical parables -> Transylvania formed the Eastern part of Hungary : - cultivating Hungarian national consciousness - foreign musicians eg.: Giovanni Battista Mosto : Madrigals of Alba Julia
Bakfark Bálint : contributed to making instrumental music After Turkish dominance : absorbing the new European style baroque
Musicians from abroad Esterházi family : orchestra in Kismarton conducted by Gregor Joseph Weined and Joseph Haydn
national consciousness dance music called verbunkos Egressy Béni : adopted it in his operas and songs
“Hungary image” in works by great Western composers (Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart, Weber, Berlioz, Brahms) romantic period : new national music Erkel Ferenc : amalgamating verbunkos and quality European music Liszt Ferenc : uniting the European romanticism with Hungarian traditions
Béla Vikár: collecting folk songs Hungarian musical performing art had attained international recognition Zoltán Kodály : - musicial education of people - collecting folk songs- incorporating them into school education - ‘‘Kodály method ‘‘ of teaching music(used abroad too) - choral peaces and two oratorious
Béla Bartók: turned to the traditions of folk music After the World War II. folksy comporitions
Ferenc Sebő and Béla Halmos : collecting traditional folk songs -> revival of Hungarian folk music and dancing -> dance house movement Other bands : fame within and outside Hungary Pop music : opporition to the ragulation Rock operas and rock oratories