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January-March 2010 JOURNAL OF EURASIAN STUDIES Volume II., Issue 1.
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being Gyurka Árpád. Unfortunately the last twenty years broke up all four winder bands from the four
villages. In 1993 Gyurka Árpád founded the United Band of the Csángós from Hétfalu, which starting in
2002 is a formal legal entity. He teaches the young, trying to save what still can be saved. Compared to
Hétfalu, Réty is a small village, and there Kelemen Antal runs a brass band of 50-60 members and a
music school too. There is a Festival, organized by Réty, where the bands can compete. His students are
famous around the world. In Apáca, the musicians who were recruited in World War I, left their
instruments to their wives so they would take care of them. The brass band functioned between the two
World Wars as well. The music sheets were inherited by the young ones from the old members. After
World War II, Szász Ernő, teacher at the school in Apáca, reorganized the band with some help from the
church. In place of the hundred year old instruments he bought new ones from Hungary. The important
conductors of the brass band: Orbán János, Jakab János, with the guidance of Jakab László provides
music, besides on harvest balls, carnivals and the traditional ritual of shooting the rooster, on funerals as
well. In Apáca, after World War II, Csere György founded a band for the classes, which worked until the
1960s. In 1974 Slatnikar Albert (1911-1996) founded in Krizba a band, after one year a next one was
founded in Barcaújfalu. The two bands were awarded many times, on the Festival of Réty, and on the
Golden Trompet Festival in Constanta. In 1991 Páll Gyula merged the two bands and took over the
leadership of them. This band is a big part of the German Forum’s band in Brasov; they already have
many CD recordings as well. In 1994 they took the Band from Orosháza as their brother band, they meet
in different places every year, and they play.
Barcaság had many musical talents, but due to the hardness of the history they remained anonymous
or they left. Hatházy Mihály and Dodé Árpád after completing the Conservatory of Kolozsvár, became
violinists of the Philharmonic in Szeben in 1967. Dodé Árpád – his father was the one of the founding
members of the band in Bácsfalu – is still an active member; from 1970 Hatházy Mihály is the violin
teacher at the Music School in Brasov. Some important students: Sárai Éva, music teacher at the school in
Bácsfalu, Gyurka Gellért, violinist in Germany, Koszta Árpád violinist, who is the cultural director of the
Folk Band in Sepsiszentgyörgy, Koszta István violinist, he is now the Lutheran priest in Krizba, Vajda
István, violinist and pianist of the wedding band in Zajzon, Pajor Olga, organ player, who is cantor in
Tatrang, Bartalis Hajnal, violinist at the Philharmonic in Brasov, Bartalis Emese, cello player in
Bucharest, Bartalis Csaba, oboe player at the Philharmonics in Brasov, Bartalis Tünde, who plays flute in
Déva. Soós Sándor from Türkös, after Marosvásárhely, Kolozsvár and Bucharest plays the flute for the
Philharmonics in Germany since 1970. Gyerkó András, after completing the Conservatory in Kolozsvár
became an active music teacher in Négyfalu, who taught many children the beauties of playing an
instrument. Famous students: Simon-Peteu Zsuzsa, who is a singer in Frankfurt-am-Main, Simon-Peteu
Johanna, who plays the cello in Bucharest. Simon Katalin is also a graduate of the Conservatory in
Kolozsvár, performed as a singer at the Opera in the same town; she settled down in Debrecen in 1990.
Bálint Ibolya from Csernátfalu after graduating from the Conservatory in Kolozsvár, is a music teacher
in Négyfalu. Hammas Katalin from Alszeg, also a graduate of the Conservatory of Kolozsvár, in 1975
became a cello player for the Opera in the same town, she also settled down in Hungary. Musát Gyula
from Bácsfalu after completing the Consevatory in Kolozsvár, plays the flute at the Music School in
Sepsiszentgyörgy since 1980. Hatházy Gábor graduated from the Conservatory in Kolozsvár, at the
classical guitar and piano department, after this he worked as a teacher, also in Négyfalu. Páll Mihály
from Alszeg, is a singer and a wedding violinist. Simon András, director at the school in Bácsfalu, has
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