{"id":213,"date":"2009-11-11T22:25:03","date_gmt":"2009-11-11T20:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=213"},"modified":"2018-07-31T08:27:23","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T06:27:23","slug":"ferenc-sebo-music-from-hungary-music-for-dancing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=213","title":{"rendered":"Ferenc Seb\u00f6 – Music from Hungary – Music for Dancing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many years ago I bought a record with Hungarian music for my parents – a record with title La Hongrie – Musique a Danser<\/strong> by the Ferenc Seb\u00f6 Ensemble<\/strong>. I made a copy on a cassette for me, and this cassette became one of my favorites. And I have played many of the tunes on my mandolin.<\/p>\n

Today I found a couple of videos of Ferenc Seb\u00f6 and his ensembles, with many of the songs that I know from this record. There are videos from as early as 1975, but also many videos from more recent concerts, including many of the songs that I know from my old record.<\/p>\n

This music is also used for dancing, in some videos you can see people dancing to the music.<\/p>\n

Ferenc Seb\u00f6 plays mostly the guitar and sings. Other instruments used in his ensembles are the violin, different plucked instruments from Eastern Europe like the tambura and the bouzouki, the jew’s harp, hurdy gurdies, flutes and reed instruments and drums. The singing of Ferenc Seb\u00f6 and some other singers, including Sebesty\u00e9n M\u00e1rta, is very typical for the Hungarian music.<\/p>\n

The following is a video from 1975, with a selection of songs to poems by S\u00e1ndor We\u00f6res. In this video you can see and hear a tambura, a small plucked instrument with 5 strings:<\/p>\n

Seb\u0151 ensemble by M\u00e1rta Sebesty\u00e9n sings S\u00e1ndor We\u00f6res poems<\/h4>\n