Instrumental Compositions I. - Manuša
created: 18. 12. 2023 07:22 modified: 18. 12. 2023 07:23
The members of the band Manusha (People) are professional musicians. The music project had been initiated by the Slovak singer Julia Kozakova; the musicians are Lubomir Gaspar on cimbalom, Viliam Didias on violin, Vojtech “Belu” Botos on viola and Jan Rigo on double-bass. In 2022, with the support of the Fund for Development of the National Minorities’ Culture in SR, and The Bratislava Self-Governing Region, the band released the album with the same name. The album presents 10 songs – all of them are the traditional Romani songs, played in arrangements by Manusha.
In 2022, the Documentation and Information Centre of the Romani Culture began to document the Romani cimbalom bands, especially those which carry on the family musical tradition.
Three instrumental compositions.
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tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk quintet borrowed Romani Manuša general audience internal
Ko kodoj (Who is There) Odoj tele o Roma bašaven (Roma Play There) Ola Roma ňič nakeren, ča pijen (Roma Do Nothing But Drink)
created: 18. 12. 2023 07:20 modified: 18. 12. 2023 07:21
The members of the band Manusha (People) are professional musicians. The music project had been initiated by the Slovak singer Julia Kozakova; the musicians are Lubomir Gaspar on cimbalom, Viliam Didias on violin, Vojtech “Belu” Botos on viola and Jan Rigo on double-bass. In 2022, with the support of the Fund for Development of the National Minorities’ Culture in SR, and The Bratislava Self-Governing Region, the band released the album with the same name. The album presents 10 songs – all of them are the traditional Romani songs, played in arrangements by Manusha.
In 2022, the Documentation and Information Centre of the Romani Culture began to document the Romani cimbalom bands, especially those which carry on the family musical tradition.
The first two czardas compositions are slower, the last one is played at a fast tempo. The songs are typical for the Rumungro Roma folklore. The Romani lyrics were slightly modified compared to the original ones.
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tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk quintet borrowed Romani Manuša general audience internal
Kalo, Kalo - Manuša
created: 18. 12. 2023 07:16 modified: 18. 12. 2023 07:18
The members of the band Manusha (People) are professional musicians. The music project had been initiated by the Slovak singer Julia Kozakova; the musicians are Lubomir Gaspar on cimbalom, Viliam Didias on violin, Vojtech “Belu” Botos on viola and Jan Rigo on double-bass. In 2022, with the support of the Fund for Development of the National Minorities’ Culture in SR, and The Bratislava Self-Governing Region, the band released the album with the same name. The album presents 10 songs – all of them are the traditional Romani songs, played in arrangements by Manusha.
In 2022, the Documentation and Information Centre of the Romani Culture began to document the Romani cimbalom bands, especially those which carry on the family musical tradition.
The czardas song Kalo, Kalo (Black, Black) divided into slow first part and the second part played in very fast tempo.
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tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk quintet borrowed Romani Manuša general audience internal
Czardas Songs from Eastern Slovakia - Manuša (Manusha/People)
created: 18. 12. 2023 07:14 modified: 18. 12. 2023 07:15
The members of the band Manusha (People) are professional musicians. The music project had been initiated by the Slovak singer Julia Kozakova; the musicians are Lubomir Gaspar on cimbalom, Viliam Didias on violin, Vojtech “Belu” Botos on viola and Jan Rigo on double-bass. In 2022, with the support of the Fund for Development of the National Minorities’ Culture in SR, and The Bratislava Self-Governing Region, the band released the album with the same name. The album presents 10 songs – all of them are the traditional Romani songs, played in arrangements by Manusha.
In 2022, the Documentation and Information Centre of the Romani Culture began to document the Romani cimbalom bands, especially those which carry on the family musical tradition.
Three czardas songs, two of them slower: Phagle mange mri musori (They Broke My Arm) and Soske tumen, Roma, maren (Why Are You Fighting, Roma), the last one Sas man, sa prepiľom (I Spent All Money Drinking) is in fast tempo.
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tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk quintet borrowed Romani Manuša general audience internal
Nane maro, nane mas - Manuša
created: 18. 12. 2023 06:53 modified: 18. 12. 2023 06:53
The members of the band Manusha (People) are professional musicians. The music project had been initiated by the Slovak singer Julia Kozakova; the musicians are Lubomir Gaspar on cimbalom, Viliam Didias on violin, Vojtech “Belu” Botos on viola and Jan Rigo on double-bass. In 2022, with the support of the Fund for Development of the National Minorities’ Culture in SR, and The Bratislava Self-Governing Region, the band released the album with the same name. The album presents 10 songs – all of them are the traditional Romani songs, played in arrangements by Manusha.
In 2022, the Documentation and Information Centre of the Romani Culture began to document the Romani cimbalom bands, especially those which carry on the family musical tradition. The pop song originally, Nane maro, nane mas (No Bread, No Meat), now played in folkloric arrangement. The lyrics is in the Romani language, the witty description of the starving family.
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tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk quintet borrowed Romani Manuša general audience internal
A tu, more - Manuša
created: 18. 12. 2023 06:50 modified: 18. 12. 2023 06:51
The members of the band Manusha (People) are professional musicians. The music project had been initiated by the Slovak singer Julia Kozakova; the musicians are Lubomir Gaspar on cimbalom, Viliam Didias on violin, Vojtech “Belu” Botos on viola and Jan Rigo on double-bass. In 2022, with the support of the Fund for Development of the National Minorities’ Culture in SR, and The Bratislava Self-Governing Region, the band released the album with the same name. The album presents 10 songs – all of them are the traditional Romani songs, played in arrangements by Manusha.
In 2022, the Documentation and Information Centre of the Romani Culture began to document the Romani cimbalom bands, especially those which carry on the family musical tradition.
The song A tu, more (And You, Boy) is the folk dance song, a czardasz, played in 2/4 time. The lyrics is in Romani language; the Romani girl bitterly accuses the mother of her boyfriend of refusing to accept her as future daughter-in-law. The girl tells the boy to go and look for another girl which will be his mother’s liking.
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tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk quintet borrowed Romani Manuša general audience internal
Jaj Devlale - Manuša
created: 18. 12. 2023 06:41 modified: 18. 12. 2023 06:43
The members of the band Manusha (People) are professional musicians. The music project had been initiated by the Slovak singer Julia Kozakova; the musicians are Lubomir Gaspar on cimbalom, Viliam Didias on violin, Vojtech “Belu” Botos on viola and Jan Rigo on double-bass. In 2022, with the support of the Fund for Development of the National Minorities’ Culture in SR, and The Bratislava Self-Governing Region, the band released the album with the same name. The album presents 10 songs – all of them are the traditional Romani songs, played in arrangements by the Manusha.
In 2022, the Documentation and Information Centre of the Romani Culture began to document the Romani cimbalom bands, especially those which carry on the family musical tradition.
The song Jaj, Devlale (Ay, God) is a dance song; the beginning of the song has a slow onset, which gradually gains momentum and intensity. It is also a folk song, now sung by Julia Kozakova, accompanied by the band Manusha.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk quintet borrowed Romani Manuša general audience internal
Vojtech Botoš
created: 15. 12. 2023 08:56 modified: 15. 12. 2023 08:58
The members of the band Manusha (People) are professional musicians. The music project had been initiated by the Slovak singer Julia Kozakova; the musicians are Lubomir Gaspar on cimbalom, Viliam Didias on violin, Vojtech “Belu” Botos on viola and Jan Rigo on double-bass. In 2022, with the support of the Fund for Development of the National Minorities’ Culture in SR, and The Bratislava Self-Governing Region, the band released the album with the same name. The album presents 10 songs – all of them are the traditional Romani songs, played in arrangements by Manusha.
In 2022, the Documentation and Information Centre of the Romani Culture began to document the Romani cimbalom bands, especially those which carry on the family musical tradition.
Vojtech Botoš plays viola, he's a professional musician and a member of the Symphonic Orchestra of the Slovak Radio. The profile intervies.
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tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Vojtech Botoš internal general audience
Dušan Deme
created: 14. 12. 2023 10:45 modified: 14. 12. 2023 10:46
Dušan Deme was born into a musical family in Lučenec. His grandfather brought him to music, since early childhood. He played the piano from the age of 6, later he also studied at an Elementary Art School. He also studied singing. Since the age of 14, he has been making a living from music by performing at various events, later he worked on various ocean liners as a pianist and singer. He is particularly inclined towards Romani music, folk songs, jazz and older Slovak dance music. In the interview, in addition to memories of his family, he also talks about what he thinks about contemporary Romani music, the future of traditional cimbalom bands in Slovakia, his work in the Roland Horváth Orchestra, but also about the Romani language and culture.
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Milan Mižič
created: 08. 12. 2023 07:30 modified: 08. 12. 2023 07:31
Ing. Milan Mižič is a mechanical engineer originally from the village of Bijacovce. He invested his talent in building one of the first private engineering companies in our country after 1989. His business activities were directed to the field of shipbuilding and ship equipment. At the end of the 1990s, his company was the third largest employer in Košice. This was followed by involvement in political life, for several years he was the chairman of the Roma Civic Initiative, the most important political Roma party at the time. In the interview, he charts his life from childhood to the present. For the purposes of documentation and further processing, the Art Society, s.r.o. provided a recording of the interview free of charge.
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