Journal of Eurasian Studies

April-June 2012 JOURNAL OF EURASIAN STUDIES Volume IV., Issue 2.
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Heritage of Our Future XX. XXI.
The Hungarian Heritage House (http://www.heritagehouse.hu/) is a national institution founded in
2001 by the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Cultural Heritage with the purpose of preserving and
promoting Hungarian folk tradition.
The Heritage of Our Future XX. -> XXI., (http://www.utolsoora.hu/en/node/21) is a joint initiative of
the Hungarian Heritage House and Fonó Music House funded by the EEA/Norwegian Financial Mechanism.
The aim of the project is to publicize and popularize the legacy of folk music and dance, and carry it
forward to the 21 st century by modern technology.
Of the many book and CD releases a couple of highlights are presented here:
1. PATRIA — Hungarian Ethnographical Recordings 1937-1942 —
Editor: Ferenc Sebő
Publisher: Hagyományok Háza, Budapest
Year of publishing: 2010
Language: Hungarian and English
Number of pages: 174 + CD
ISBN: 978-963-7363-64-1
The idea, from which a series of folklore recordings emerged from all significant parts of the
Hungarian language area, was the brainchild of Béla Bartók. Four documented experimental records were
produced in 1936. Between 1937 and 1942, 107 78 rpm records were released by the PATRIA label. The
series recorded at the studio of the Hungarian National Radio (Magyar Rádió) included folk music, folk
tales, materials relating to folk customs as well as religious chants showcasing the characteristics of the
dialects from the main Hungarian folk music regions.
The accompanying CD contains truly sensational material: the contents of the newly remastered and so
far inaccessible folk tale records.
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