O poštaris avel/The Postman is Coming - Alexander Daško's Dulcimer Band
created: 20. 12. 2021 08:30 modified: 20. 12. 2021 08:30
Alexander Daško's dulcimer band plays the Roma song O poštaris avel / The Postman is Coming. The band was formed in 1992 in Banská Bystrica. The band's repertoire consists of Romani, Slovak and other nations’ folk music as well as operetta and film melodies. The band has released several CDs. The lead violinist is Alexander Daško. Dulcimer - Dezider Oláh Axman. Viola - Otto Daniš (Buli). Double bass - Jozef Berky (Kangaroo). Accordion - Štefan Bučko (Kefa). Alexander Daško founded the Lavuta Private Elementary Art School in Banská Bystrica, he is a music teacher. Every year, A. Daško organizes the festival of Roma culture in Banská Bystrica called Gypsy Fire.
category: music
tags: instrumental modern folk quintet borrowed Alexander Daško's Dulcimer Band general audience internal
Red Heifer 31
created: 02. 09. 2020 14:59 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
The original composition by the members of Dusi Band. The instrumental composition in a moll key, the dominant motive is played by solo violin, other musical instruments step in one by one – viola, double bass and, at last, dulcimer. It is a part of the soundtrack from the audio dramatization of the short story Red Heifer written by the Slovak writer Martin Kukucin.
Július Bandy's folk band - Ďusi Band is based in Prešov. The members of the band are from a family where skills of musicians are passed down from generation to generation. Ing the band there is the father Július Bandy and his three sons - Kristián, Július, Samuel. They play dulcimer, double bass, violin and viola. Their repertoire includes Slovak and Roma folklore music as well as music of other national minorities - Jewish, Ruthenian, Hungarian, Russian. The band also performs film music. The family band was formed in 2013.
category: music
tags: instrumental modern folk quintet author's craft Ďusi Band general audience internal
Red Heifer 19
created: 02. 09. 2020 14:53 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
The author of the instrumental composition named Hora di Mars is a Romanian composer of Romani origin Grigoraș Ionică Dinicu (April 3, 1889, Bucharest – Marec 28, 1949, Bucharest). Besides composing the music, Dinicu was also a virtuoso violinist what is reflected in his highly challenging compositions. The music arrangement made by the members of Dusi Band. It is a part of the soundtrack from the audio dramatization of the short story Red Heifer written by the Slovak writer Martin Kukucin.
Július Bandy's folk band - Ďusi Band is based in Prešov. The members of the band are from a family where skills of musicians are passed down from generation to generation. Ing the band there is the father Július Bandy and his three sons - Kristián, Július, Samuel. They play dulcimer, double bass, violin and viola. Their repertoire includes Slovak and Roma folklore music as well as music of other national minorities - Jewish, Ruthenian, Hungarian, Russian. The band also performs film music. The family band was formed in 2013.
category: music
tags: instrumental modern folk quintet borrowed Ďusi Band general audience internal
Red Heifer 12
created: 02. 09. 2020 14:46 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
The adaptation of originally folk music from Hungary, the musical arrangement by the members of the Dusi Band. Plazed in the H minor key. It is a part of the soundtrack from the audio dramatization of the short story Red Heifer written by the Slovak writer Martin Kukucin.
Július Bandy's folk band - Ďusi Band is based in Prešov. The members of the band are from a family where skills of musicians are passed down from generation to generation. Ing the band there is the father Július Bandy and his three sons - Kristián, Július, Samuel. They play dulcimer, double bass, violin and viola. Their repertoire includes Slovak and Roma folklore music as well as music of other national minorities - Jewish, Ruthenian, Hungarian, Russian. The band also performs film music. The family band was formed in 2013.
category: music
tags: instrumental modern folk quintet borrowed Ďusi Band general audience internal
Red Heifer 10
created: 02. 09. 2020 14:39 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
The composition is the adaptation of the Romani songs from Hungary. It is a slow instrumental compositions, some parts are played in the faster waltz rhythm. The key is A minor. It is a part of the soundtrack from the audio dramatization of the short story Red Heifer written by the Slovak writer Martin Kukucin.
Július Bandy's folk band - Ďusi Band is based in Prešov. The members of the band are from a family where skills of musicians are passed down from generation to generation. Ing the band there is the father Július Bandy and his three sons - Kristián, Július, Samuel. They play dulcimer, double bass, violin and viola. Their repertoire includes Slovak and Roma folklore music as well as music of other national minorities - Jewish, Ruthenian, Hungarian, Russian. The band also performs film music. The family band was formed in 2013.
category: music
tags: instrumental modern folk quintet borrowed Ďusi Band general audience internal
Red Heifer 08
created: 02. 09. 2020 14:26 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
The composition is the adaptation of the original Waltz in A minor from Csampai Ivo. The compositions belongs to light dance music genres. It is a part of the soundtrack from the audio dramatization of the short story Red Heifer written by the Slovak writer Martin Kukucin.
Július Bandy's folk band - Ďusi Band is based in Prešov. The members of the band are from a family where skills of musicians are passed down from generation to generation. Ing the band there is the father Július Bandy and his three sons - Kristián, Július, Samuel. They play dulcimer, double bass, violin and viola. Their repertoire includes Slovak and Roma folklore music as well as music of other national minorities - Jewish, Ruthenian, Hungarian, Russian. The band also performs film music. The family band was formed in 2013.
category: music
tags: instrumental modern folk quintet borrowed Ďusi Band general audience internal
Red Heifer
created: 18. 08. 2020 10:25 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
The composition Gypsy Dance is an adaptation of a folk song by Ján Gašpar Hrisko (June 14, 1921, Očová - June 13, 1980, Brno). J. G. Hrisko was a Slovak musician, dulcimer player, editor of folk songs of Romani origin. From 1948 he was a dulcimer player of SĽUK, from 1955 a member of the orchestra and soloist of the Brno Radio Orchestra of Folk Instruments in Czechoslovak Radio in Brno. The composition is played in the key of F minor and was created as background music for the audio dramatization Rysavá Jalovica by Martin Kukučín. At the beginning of the composition, the musical instrument dulcimer dominates, at the end, the violin takes the dominance over.
Július Bandy's folk band - Ďusi Band is based in Prešov. The members of the band are from a family where skills of musicians are passed down from generation to generation. Ing the band there is the father Július Bandy and his three sons - Kristián, Július, Samuel. They play dulcimer, double bass, violin and viola. Their repertoire includes Slovak and Roma folklore music as well as music of other national minorities - Jewish, Ruthenian, Hungarian, Russian. The band also performs film music. The family band was formed in 2013.
category: music
tags: instrumental modern folk quintet borrowed Ďusi Band general audience internal
Red Heifer 04
created: 14. 08. 2020 16:29 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
The author of the instrumental composition called Hora di Mars is the Romanian composer of Roma origin Grigoraș Ionică Dinicu (April 3, 1889, Bucharest - March 28, 1949, Bucharest). In addition to composing music, he was also a violin virtuoso, which is reflected in the complexity of his compositions. In the interpretation of the Ďusi Band, the original arrangement of the composition is preserved. The composition completes the atmosphere of the scene in the audio dramatization of Martin Kukučín's short story Rysavá jalovica.
Július Bandy's folk band - Ďusi Band is based in Prešov. The members of the band are from a family where skills of musicians are passed down from generation to generation. Ing the band there is the father Július Bandy and his three sons - Kristián, Július, Samuel. They play dulcimer, double bass, violin and viola. Their repertoire includes Slovak and Roma folklore music as well as music of other national minorities - Jewish, Ruthenian, Hungarian, Russian. The band also performs film music. The family band was formed in 2013.
category: music
tags: instrumental modern folk quintet borrowed Ďusi Band general audience internal
Red Heifer
created: 14. 08. 2020 16:20 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
The composition is a mixture of variations on the folk song Nane oda lavutaris (Not such a musician). It begins as a classic Rumungri czardas, continues with a halgató arrangement to return to the czardas through verbung. The composition completes the atmosphere of the scene in the audio dramatization of Martin Kukučín's short story Rysavá jalovica.
Július Bandy's folk band - Ďusi Band is based in Prešov. The members of the band are from a family where skills of musicians are passed down from generation to generation. Ing the band there is the father Július Bandy and his three sons - Kristián, Július, Samuel. They play dulcimer, double bass, violin and viola. Their repertoire includes Slovak and Roma folklore music as well as music of other national minorities - Jewish, Ruthenian, Hungarian, Russian. The band also performs film music. The family band was formed in 2013.
category: music
tags: instrumental modern folk quintet borrowed Ďusi Band general audience internal
Queen of Water 6
created: 29. 06. 2020 15:40 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
Instrumental author's composition, arranged in the key of D minor, classical guitar. It is part of the musical accompaniment of the audio dramatization Queen of Water from 2017. The composition completes the atmosphere of the scene played.
The author of the composition is František Godla, a graduate of the Secondary Art School in Košice in the field of classical guitar. He currently works as a teacher at the Elementary Art School in Sabinov. He is an active performer, founder and member of the guitar ensamble Duo Farsa. In addition to interpreting compositions by other authors, he is also involved in his own composing activities.
category: music
tags: instrumental classic contemporary solo author's craft František Godla ml. general audience internal
