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Before introducing Hungarian music, let’s talk about an interesting fact.
Apparently there does not seem to be any connection between Hungary and China. But, surprisingly there is a connection because Modern Hungarians have same ancestors as that of people in china. It’s startling considering the difference between an Asian giant and a East-European country. Why we needed to know this fact is because of similarities found between Hungarian music and Chinese music.
The striking similarity is evident when we look closely at musical forms existing in the northeastern parts of China and Hungarian mainland. Hungarian music is quite unique and very unlike European music. It has its own sound that comes from usage of fifth structure and pentatonic scale.
Hungary is better known for its gypsy music. The country has made a significant contribution in modern day evolution of gypsy music. At the same time, Hungary has remained blessed with great folk music tradition. Because of its political past where the country has been ruled by communists we can find songs that usually talks about country and welfare. Genres like classical and folk are most popular forms of music in the country. In fact, the entire Transylvania region is obsessed with folk music. Countries like Romania, Slovakia and Poland are endowed with natural folk talents. Famous folk singers of country are Zoltan Kodaly and Bela Bartok.
But apart from folk music, Hungary has also encouraged new forms of music coupled with its tradition of classical music. Piano, jazz and rock are very much accepted amongst youths of the nation. The musical talents who have made significant contributions in popularity of Hungarian music are, Rudolf Tomsits, Metro & Omega, and Karoly Binder & Illes.
Recently popular songs are Kobanya Blues by Hobo Blues Band, Budapest 3 by Tamas Cseh, Mondd meg, hogy imadom a pesti noket” (Tell Her I Adore the Women of Pest) by Jozsef Simandy , Mienk itt a ter, and Ha en rozsa volnek (If I Were a Rose) by Zsuzsa Koncz.
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