43rd National Táncház Festival & Fair • 5–7 April 2024
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Starting page: 14
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Bartók Béla – the folk music researcher. From the exhibition of photos and documents that was in the foyer on the 1st fl oor at the Hungarian Heritage House at Corvin tér in Budapest. Excerpts of Bartók’s writings on the diff erence between Gypsy music and Hungarian music, what is the ’folksy composed tune’, and defi nitions of folk music/ traditional music (from 1911, 1920, 1931–34). Also some great excerpts from letters written from the countryside on diffi culties encountered while doing field work, 1906–1914. Exhibition curated by Pávai István and Vikárius László.