/danceplay in one act/
This monumental co-production by Ifjú Szivek was inspired by Béla Bartók’s folk music collection in Hont county in November 1910. The story is based around the famous swineherd horn and bagpipe competition held on the main square of Ipolyság, and incorporates the music and dance traditions relating to the ‘classical’ swineherd-shepherd topic of these culturally rich regions. Bartók gives the following account of the event:
“In Ipolyság Alajos Szokoly county archivist made the collection possible with his high readiness for sacrifice. He recruited for a swineherds’ horn competition and a separate bagpipe competition for our sake (I had dr István Győrffy, the director of the ethnography department with me). In the short course of one afternoon we caught a much more interesting ‘prey’ than the one we found in Nagymegyer. Approximately 10 horn players and 5 bagpipe players – some of them both in one person - responded to the call and came together. What a sight! They march along equipped with all the finery of their profession. Ornamental skins on their shoulders, decorated bagpipes under their arms, horn in their hands and exquisitely studded swineherd whips. It is unlikely we will ever see 5 bagpipe players together in one place again and the marketplace in Ipolyság will probably not hear bagpipe music of the quality played then for some time”.
I. The competition
- Dances from Csallóköz
- Dances from the Zobor region
- Dances from around Tardoskedd
- Dances from the Ipoly region
- Dances from the Garam region
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Dances from Gömör
II. The Marketplace
- Kiszehajtás
- Rátócska and frisse
- Funny verbunk
- Karikázó (women’s dance)
- Csárdás from Abaúj
- Oláhos from Bodrogköz
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Villőzés
III. In the Hoppfinger inn
- csárdás
- kanásztánc (swineherds’ dance)
-
bukós
Length: 75 min.
