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Popular dance music elements in the folk music of Gypsies in Hungary

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2008

Katalin Kovalcsik
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Gypsy folk music is of a distinctive character compared with that of the other East European ethnic communities. The pecularities differentiating it from these other forms of folk music – improvisation and a readiness to adopt new influences – have continued to be of significance. While in several cases the folk music of peoples who have established themselves in national states is kept alive by artificial means (e.g. by promoting folk singing groups, by teaching folksongs in schools and by various revival movements), the vast majority of Gypsies have preserved their traditional music as an almost exclusive musical language.

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Research Article
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Popular Music , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , January 1987 , pp. 45 - 65
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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