Romania: Festive Music from the Maramures Region

This album captures the robust music in the Maramureş region of Romania, where the musicians play the fiddle (ceteră), the guitar (zongoră), and the drum (dobă) at large gatherings, annual festival celebrations, and smaller, neighborhood parties. The traditional dancing parties occur regularly in the villagers' homes, where they make music together impromptu, and have poetic competitions all night long. The live recordings of such a party in Hoteni village offer a taste of this gaiety. Today, these recordings from 1992 carry particular significance because many political and social changes have greatly impacted the region since the 1990s. 60 minutes, 25-page notes. This album is part of the UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music.

Track Listing

101	Horea oilor (The song of the sheep)	Petrica Giurgi, Ioan Pop	01:44
102	Zîcali de baut (Suite of feast songs)	Petrica Giurgi, Ioan Pop	07:41
103	Horea miresei (The ritual bride’s song)	Petrica Giurgi, Ioan Pop, Marcel Seras	03:37
104	Music to accompany the marriage ceremony	Petrica Giurgi, Ioan Pop, Marcel Seras	06:09
105	Hore din Saliste (Song from Saliste)	Petrica Giurgi, Ioan Pop, Marcel Seras	02:13
106	Suite of dances	Nicolae Griguta, Ioan Pop, inhabitants of Hoteni, Valeni, and Poienile Izei villages	06:39
107	Music for dancing and singing	Nicolae Griguta, Ioan Pop, inhabitants of Hoteni, Valeni, and Poienile Izei villages	09:55
108	Suite of songs (hori) and feast songs (de baut)	Nicolae Griguta, Ioan Pop, inhabitants of Hoteni, Valeni, and Poienile Izei villages	09:43
109	Suite of songs and dances	Nicolae Griguta, Ioan Pop, inhabitants of Hoteni, Valeni, and Poienile Izei villages	12:32