Description
Palatkaiak A Fonóban 2002/2003: Kodoba Márton Emlékére / Magyarpalatkai Banda / Fonó Budai Zeneház Audio CD 2009 / FA2532
UPC 5998048525324
Product Details:
"The musicians from the village of Magyarpalatka/Palatca in the Mezőség region of Transylvania are amongst the last still carrying on the local instrumental music tradition. In their own village the demand for the traditional music pretty much died out after the regime changes of 1989....however in this case the younger generation of Gypsy musicians carries on the tradition....Today the band often plays at folk music events in Hungary and for the last 10 years they have been playing monthly at Fonó Music Hall in Budapest.
These recordings were made at the Fonó a few months before the death of the band's legendary lead fiddler Márton Kodoba. Since then Márton's son Florin Kodoba has been leading the band. This recording honors the memory of Márton Kodoba." (Péter Árendás - excerpts)
Márton Kodoba (1941-2003) - violin
Florin Kodoba - violin
Lőrinc Kodoba - viola
Stefán Moldován - viola
Márton Kovács "Puki" - double bass
Tracklist:
| CD 1 | ||
| 1 | Ritka Csárdás, Szökős és Sűrű Csárdás | 22:40 |
| 2 | Korcsos | 4:26 |
| 3 | Keserves, Lassú Cigánytánc, Ritka Csárdás, Szökős és Sűrű Csárdás |
25:30 |
| 4 | Ritka Csárdás, Szökős és Sűrű Csárdás | 22:45 |
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CD 2 |
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| 1 | Ritka Csárdás, Szökős és Sűrű Csárdás | 29:31 |
| 2 | Doina, De-a Lungu, Romaneste-n Bota és Batuta | 19:49 |
| 3 |
Ritka Csárdás, Szökős és Sűrű Csárdás | 28:27 |
About Palatka Gypsy Band:
Palatka Gypsy Band is a folk band formed by five musicians from the Transylvanian village of Pălatca (Hungarian: Magyarpalatka or Palatka), Cluj County, Romania, led by the first violin Florin Codoba. Pălatca is a Transylvanian village 20 miles northeast of Cluj-Napoca.
Today most of its inhabitants speak Romanian as their main language; once predominant, the Hungarian speaking community is still present, as well as a large Gypsy minority, once trilingual (Romani-Hungarian-Romanian), nowadays speaking predominantly Romanian.
In ethno-musical studies, and for the Hungarian folk revival movement called Táncház-Mozgalom, mostly due to the activity and talent of the musicians of this local Gypsy community, Pălatca is seen as the epicentre, the main source, and very symbol of traditional music and dance of this ethnographic region, called Mezőség (Romanian: Câmpia Transilvaniei).
Mezőség is the name for the mostly rural hilly area of central Transylvania that lies between the cities of Cluj-Napoca, Turda, Târgu-Mureş, Bistriţa, Beclean, and Gherla.
More Details:
- Double Bass – Márton "Puki" Kovács
- Viola – Stefán Moldován, Lőrinc Kodoba
- Violin – Florin Kodoba, Márton Kodoba
