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Dilemma. Az eredetiség problémája a táncházakban – I.
- Issue: 2022/4
- Starting page: 22
- Author: Szilágyi Dániel
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Dilemma – the problem of authenticity in the dance houses – Part One: The author grapples with the question of ’what is folk music’. "…today in Hungary the notion of folk music appears not so much in scientific texts, but first of all in texts written about the dance house movement and in the media…” He says folk music is difficult to define scientifically. "….We don’t know when Hungarian folk music developed and therefore don’t know what is authentic or original”. He provides quotes from a variety of folk music researchers who have attempted to describe it and their approaches to researching it. Early research/collection work examined only folk song, finally later on in the 20th century Hungarian ethnomusicologists began to examine instrumental folk music. Excerpt from a quote from Bartók from the publication Magyar Néprajz says, "…folk music is made of melodies that have been sung by many for a long time….” The author of this study says there is no "original" or "not original" folk music. "…Traditional and popular music are in continuous interrelationship…" The next section of this paper is called "The folk music of the dance houses". To be continued. By Szilágyi Dániel – first published in "Hagyomány és erdetiség" Ed. Wilhelm Gábor 2007. p 268.