Chapter 2 – Verbunkos

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Contents

Example 2.1 | Example 2.2 | Example 2.3 | Example 2.4 | Example 2.5 | Example 2.6 | Example 2.7 | Example 2.8 | Example 2.9 | Example 2.10a; Example 2.10b | Example 2.11 | Example 2.12a; Example 2.12b | Example 2.13 | Example 2.14a; Example 2.14b; Example 2.14c | Example 2.15

Example 2.1

Excerpt from ?Marossz?ki? (1944). Reproduced with permission from Lajtha, K?rispataki gy?jt?s No. 14 (1955). The added texts in English are mine.

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Example 2.2

Joseph Bengraf, 12 danses hongroises No. 3. Adapted from G?za Papp, Hungarian dances, 1784?1810, 67?68

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Example 2.3

Franz Paul Rigler, 12 ungariche t?nze No. 7. Source: Papp, Hungarian Dances, 103?4.

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Example 2.4

From Rigler?s 12 ungariche t?nze:

(a) beginning of No. 3;
(b) No. 9, mm. 13?14. Source: Papp, Hungarian Dances, 97 and 107 respectively.

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Example 2.5

A hint of verbunkos I in Rigler?s 12 ungariche t?nze No. 9, mm. 25?28. Source: Papp, Hungarian Dances, 107.

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Example 2.6

Ign?tz Ruzitska, phrase endings on I chord in Trio section from MnVv No. 4:

(a) mm. 7?8;
(b) mm. 15?16.

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Example 2.7

Conclusion of Charles Winkhler?s Trois hongroises No. 1, mm. 55?57 (Vienna, 1822). Source: Austrian National Library, M.S. 42687; Helikon 994.

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Example 2.8

Bihari: Maestoso (Pest, 1822).Source: National Sz?ch?nyi Library Music Collection, No. 2662.

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Example 2.9

L?zslo F?y, Kinizsi not?ja (Pest, 1822), mm. 1?30. Source: Istv?n Bartalus, Magyar Orpheus (Pest, 1869), 98.

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Example 2.10

References and quotes in the verbunkos literature:

(a) Winkhler, Trois hongroises, No. 1, beginning of Minore section, mm. 25?28 (Vienna, 1822);

(b) Cserm?k, Lassan f?ls?gesen, mm. 9?16(NB final four bars). Source: MnVv No. 25.

 

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Example 2.11

Liszt, Zwei Werbungst?nze, Poco andante (F?y arrangement), mm. 7?10.

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Example 2.12

(a) Liszt, Zwei Werbungst?nze, Non troppo lento (Bihari arrangement), mm. 5?6;

(b) Bihari, Andante, mm. 4?5 (adapted from MnVv No. 11: editorial insertions in parenthesis).

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Example 2.13

Zwei Werbungst?nze, Non troppo lento, mm. 18?24.

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Example 2.14

Zwei Werbungst?nze:

(a) Non troppo lento, mm. 25?31 (conclusion of the Bihari arrangement);

(b) Allegro molto agitato, mm. 32?35 (beginning of Liszt?s variation);

(c) ibid., mm. 56?59.

 

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Example 2.15

Zwei Werbungst?nze, conclusion

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