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Music life in Renaissance Hungary (14-16 century)

Szilvia Bognár - vocals
Balázs Szokolay Dongó - flute
István Kónya - renaissance lute

One can only marvel at the huge number of melodies and texts from past centuries that have been preserved by folk tradition. 20th-century folk music collections abound with songs already known from earlier written sources, 16-17th-century songbook manuscripts. The number of 16th-century and later texts recovered has also increased recently. These songs demonstrate the richness of Hungarian musical tradition, while also drawing our attention to the relationship between certain musical trends and genres.

Our selection includes historical songs, religious folk songs, archaic folk prayers, psalm translations; poems of Bálint Balassi, love or flower-songs, entertaining and wedding songs and folk ballads. The tradition of singing, accompanied by a plucked instrument, goes back to ancient times.

Photo: Anita Veres

In Central Europe the accompaniment for the songs was not written down or set, it was performed as improvisation. Its main function was to support the meaning of the text and to reflect its atmosphere. The other important instrument from the Middle Ages was the flute, which had many types that were used both in folk and composed music. The program includes religious music from Hungarian codices of the 15th-century, works by foreign composers who served in the Hungarian court or were connected with Hungarian kings and queens (Wolkenstein, Barbireau, Bakfark) as well as Hungarian instrumental dances written by foreign composers (Heckel, Picchi, Schmall).

Date: 15 November 2020 16:00
Location: Gothic Hall of the Castle Museum

REGISTRATION AND TICKET INFORMATION 

You can attend the concert by registering on the above link and by purchasing a regular museum ticket. Full-price tickets are valid for one month after purchase for a visit either to the Kiscell Museum or the Aquincum Museum.