Articles by Initial Letters
Budapesti cigányzenészek mozgalma
- Issue: 2020/4
- Starting page: 26
- Author: Hajnáczky Tamás Dr.
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Budapest’s Gypsy musicians’ movement at the turn of the century. In the early 1900s the Association of Hungarian Gypsy Musicians was formed by active musicians themselves. They also established the Hungarian Gypsy Musicians’ Magazine and then organized the Five Hundred Gypsy Musicians Concert at Népszínház (People’s Theatre) in Budapest’s 8th district. There were also efforts by Radics Béla to establish a pension fund for Gypsy musicians. An agency for Hungarian Gypsy bands was also formed in an effort to help the musicians’ economic situation. In 1909 a "nóta" (composed Hungarian folksy style popular music) contest was held – the list of winners was published in the magazine. The organization and magazine both closed in 1910. By Hajnáczky Tamás.