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    STUDIA MUSICA - Issue no. 2 / 2020  
         
  Article:   MILITARY SONGS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE TRANSYLVANIAN PLAIN.

Authors:  ZOLTÁN GERGELY.
 
       
         
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DOI: 10.24193/subbmusica.2020.2.16

Published Online: 2020-12-21
Published Print: 2020-12-30
pp. 249-257
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ABSTRACT: The traditional farewell from men starting their military service belongs to those folk customs, which are remembered only by the older generations. Up to the suspending of mandatory military service in the Hungarian language area, therefore in the Northern part of the Transylvanian Plain as well, the day before the send-off a festive dinner and dance party was organized at the house of the recruit, then in the morning he was accompanied to the railway station with music. The melodies of this custom are quite varied, while the most common starting lines are: “They are cutting (or cleaning) the forest roads, / Taking away our Hungarian boys.”

Key words: Military Songs, Transylvanian Plain, army, custom.
 
         
     
         
         
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