Bartok Bela and folk song collecting (1 of 4) Film

First part of a wonderful film called The Miraculous Circumstance. In this first part folk song collecting is heard from the past to the present day. It is a fascinating look at what Bartok was trying to preserve and what the villages he collected in are like now. Also some more recent footage of local villagers singing folk songs.

[@ireneelizabeth4462]

This beautiful video went straight to my heartstrings. My father sang these songs and even recorded a cassette in 2004. His village was similar to these. When he escaped in 1947, he experienced the same melancholy as Bartok and I'm sure many ex-pats. Thank you so much.

[@corneliapetriman9943]

It is mind blowing to see how much resemblance was between Hungarian and Romanian country folks back then....traditions, music etc

[@mjl1958]

My biggest surprise is that this film exists and I have never seen it before.

[@PedrodeAlcantara]

Terribly touching and inspiring. For a musician, this documentary is pure gold.

[@PersianTunedPiano]

Thank you so much for posting this wonderful documentary on one of the most important figures in the history of music and the field of Ethnomusicology.

[@rekanagy4609]

Köszönöm szèpen a feltöltést❤

[@lechantduvoisinlechantduvo8529]

Thank you so much for having made me discover this 4 part-documentary ! It's moving to hear original recordings and discovering these old pictures. I've been working on Bartok's, Kodaly and Ligeti's vocal pieces for 4 years and their link with traditionnal music, singing both with my trio. Do you please have more informations about the piano piece played at 2:32 and song that we hear at 4:57 in the tavern ?

[@barniusz]

The song is a "kanásztánc", the lyrics here is "Csóri kanász mit főztél...", but it is better known with "Házasodik a tücsök..." lyrics

[@ah-jq7ct]

The song at 4:57 was arranged for piano by Bártok as part of his collection "For Children" --> ua-cam.com/video/MR8ljgVVamI/v-deo.html

[@davidmolnar8251]

My ancestral music!

[@AndrewToovey]

@nyarfa1 Hello - Glad you like it - I love it as well - I'm putting the rest up now - three more sections - hope you like these as well. I have been very influenced by Bartok - his music and his folk song collecting. So this film is perfect!

[@peterbako5739]

Hát igen az idős emberek még mainapig is szépen énekelnek az én nagypapám is ilyen.😊

[@skrivbordslampan6923]

So beautiful. Industrial society is poison.

[@Soytu19]

that's what all surprises are about.

[@manuelgomez83]

‘Sup theory peeps ✌🏼

[@kenanserhatince2101]

Which instrument is playing on 4:22? What is it's name?

[@barniusz]

zither

[@kenanserhatince2101]

@@barniusz thank you very much 🙏