Hungarian Folk Music

Hungarian folk music comprises the village song, dance and instrumental traditions of Hungary and Hungarian-speaking regions of Transylvania and Moldavia, performed on violin-led string bands, cimbalom, flute, bagpipe and tárogató. Its repertory includes slow listening pieces, recruiting dances (verbunkos) and the fast paired csárdás, alongside laments and ballads in flexible, speech-like delivery. Collected by *Béla Bartók* and *Zoltán Kodály* in the early twentieth century, the tradition was revived by the táncház dance-house movement and documented by ensembles such as *Muzsikás* and the singer *Márta Sebestyén*.