INSTITUTE of MUSICOLOGY

MUSEUM of MUSIC HISTORY

Táncsics str. 7. Budapest, 1014

„The museum starts to sound”

THE HISTORY OF BUDA CASTLE IN MUSIC AND DANCE

PERIOD DANCES WITH MUSIC IN THE ERDODY PALACE

3^rd August (Friday) and 12 ^th August (Sunday) 2001.

at 19:30

performed by:

SONATORES PANNONIAE

period wind ensemble

under the direction of

László Borsódy

singing and hurdy-gurdy

Ádám Buda

ALBA REGIA DANCE ENSEMBLE

under the leadership of

József Botos

The Erdody palace is the only Baroque palace in the Buda castle district and is considered to be a significant part of our architectural heritage.

Here you can find the Musicology Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences along with the Museum of Music History. The Museum’s permanent exhibition shows examples of the Hungarian instrumental culture. Visitors can view such unique instruments as the tárogató, the csákány, or the Schunda pedal-cimbalom, to name but a few.

The exhibition ‘In Bartók’s workshop’, is put together from the Bartók Archives and shows the composers compositional methods - the birth of a Bartók composition.

Since its inception, the Museum of Music History has organised historical and contemporary concerts. Along with musicians and dancers, it is now prepared to take it’s audience through the musical and dance periods of Buda castle: from the Renaissance through to the Baroque and up until the Age of Reform.

In the royal courts of Buda, the European dances and music trends found keen and skilled followers. The young men studying, travelling, or doing military service abroad as well as the music and dance teachers brought over and handed on the latest trends. However, the relation was not one sided. West, and Southern European dance music collections contain numerous dance names, (Ungarischer Tantz, Ungaresca, Heyducken Tantz) suggesting that the beauty and virtuosity of Hungarian dances also had thrilled visitors from abroad.

During these two evenings our visitors can become acquainted with the museum’s generous collection, and take pleasure in listening to the sound of the historical instruments as played by the Ensemble Sonatores Pannoniae. The musical compositions will be revived through period dances with the help of the Alba Regia dance ensemble.

Programme:

Fanfares, Tower music

Intrada

Gelosia (Italian dance from the 15th C.)

Pavane
Gaillarde
Branle

(French and Italian dances form the 16th C.)

singing accompanied on hurdy-gurdy

Branle de la Torche

Süveges dance
Ungaresca

(Hungarian Baroque dances)

Pause

Kontra dance

(Hungarian Baroque dance)

hurdy-gurdy

Menuett

Bourrée

Allemande

Gigue

(French Baroque dances)

Tower music from Sopron

(from the music of Baroque)

Mazurka

Forgatós

Verbunk

(Hungarian dances from the 19th C.)

During the break

Guided tour in the Museum of Music History

Tickets available in the Museum and in the tickest booking offices:

Pesti Vigadó booking office V. Vörösmarty tér 1.

Music Mix #.33 Váci u., #8., Kecskeméti u. , Mammut Plaza, Széna tér

Organised by:

1173.Budapest, 525.tér.7. ¨ Tel./fax: (+361) 256 4913 ¨ Mobil: 06/70/211-5383

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