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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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Living Book Holocaust Ďusi band Hatikva (Jewish Anthem)
created: 27. 11. 2023 13:24 modified: 10. 01. 2024 11:09
Hatikva, Ha-Tikva — Israel's national anthem. Its lyrics express the hope of Jews to return to their country and their desire to live there in calm, peace and harmony (hatikva = hope in Hebrew). The lyrics was written in 1878 by Naftali Herz Imber (*1856, †1909) as poem, published in 1886 titled Tikvatenu (Our Hope). The author of melody is Samuel Cohen, the composer and immigrant from Moldova. He composed it as a popular Moldovan-Romanian folk melody, in which musical motifs from The Vltava, a composition which is a part of music cycle My Homeland by Bedrich Smetana. In time of 7th Zionist Congress in Basel (1905) it was already widely known and popular. Its status as the anthem of the Zionist movement was confirmed at the 18th Congres in Prague (1933). In 1948 it became the national anthem of the state Israel. In some communities, it is sung as the closing song of a thanksgiving service or after a meal.
The video is a recording of the instrumental interpretation of the song performed by the Roma band Ďusi Band.
The family band called Ďusi Band consists of Július Bandy Sr. and his three sons Kristián, Július, and the youngest Samuel. The cimbalom band from Prešov presents the best tradition of the Romani cimbalom groups with the high interpretive art of their members as well as the scope and genre richness of their repertoire. It consists of folklore typically Romani but also Slovak and other nations‘ and nationalities‘, the band also plays classical music and does well in playing music of the genres such as jazz, pop or film tunes. The Romani song Hatikvah in an instrumental version was recorded during the Living Book on the Holocaust event, in Prešov, on September 27, 2018.
Musical instruments and musicians who play them
Violin (primas) - Samuel Bandy
Double bass - Július Bandy Jr.
Viola - Kristián Bandy
Cimbalom - Julius Bandy Sr.
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Ďusi Band - The Romani Girl
created: 24. 11. 2023 10:56 modified: 24. 11. 2023 10:58
The song "The Romani Girl" has no known author, but since World War II it has been considered the anthem of the Slovak Roma. The lyrics is directly related to the suffering of Roma in labor and extermination camps.
The family band called Ďusi Band consists of Július Bandy Sr. and his three sons Kristián, Július, and the youngest Samuel. The cimbalom band from Prešov presents the best tradition of the Romani cimbalom groups with the high interpretive art of their members as well as the scope and genre richness of their repertoire. It consists of folklore typically Romani but also Slovak and other nations‘ and nationalities‘, the band also plays classical music and does well in playing music of the genres such as jazz, pop or film tunes. The Romani song Čhajori romaňi in an instrumental version was recorded during the Living Book on the Holocaust event, in Prešov, on September 27, 2018.
Musical instruments and musicians who play them
Violin (primas) - Samuel Bandy
Double bass - Július Bandy Jr.
Viola - Kristián Bandy
Cimbalom - Julius Bandy Sr.
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tags: instrumental modern folk quartet borrowed Ďusi Band general audience internal
Daje, daje - Štefan Cína and the Folk Band
created: 28. 08. 2023 16:53 modified: 28. 08. 2023 16:54
The Romani folk song, recorded on July 8, 2022 as part of the series Documentation of Romani Cimbalom Folk Bands in Slovakia. It’s a dance song in fast tempo, the traditional Romungro czardasz. The Cínas (the siblings Štefan – accordion, Martina – violin, vocals) learned the song at home from their father, who learned it from his father. The lyrics of the song is in the Romani language.
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