The Hungarian Coat of Arms and
National Anthem
( and traditional songs in midi format)
The
Hungarian Coat of Arms |
The Hungarian
Anthem , Magyar Himnusz
(note from Jer: if you have never heard the Magyar Himnusz with orchestra and choir, please listen to it...it's really beautiful!) |
Click here to play/download Magyar Himnusz with choir mp3. (2,289Kb) Click here to play/download the Magyar Himnusz in midi format. (7Kb) |
A Magyar Himnusz
Magyar |
The Hungarian national anthem English translation Lyrics: Ferenc Kölcsey (1823) |
traditional instrument the "walking cimbolom" |
one of the main instruments in Hungarian music the "cimbalom" |
Hungarian bagpipe the "duda" |
Some
midi files of traditional
Hungarian folks songs!
(note: if you find that any of the midis sound strange to you...please know that Hungarian music often sounds discordant to western ears! Jer often says that it sounds like each member is playing a different tune) |
Bihari_1 Halmagy_1 HaromCsillag HungarianDance Kunverbunk-Kansang Lajtha_12 Lajtha_14 Lajtha_7 |
Lajtha_8 Lajtha_9 Marossze Szapora Ugros(skipping) Verbunk1 Verbunk2 Verbunk3 |
the words to the song "Megyen"
Magyar Megyen már a hajnalcsillag lefelé Az én kedves galambom most megyen hazafelé Lábán van a csizmája, lakos szárú kis csizma Rásütött a hajnalcsillag sugára |
English Morning Star goes already down My sweetheart is going home now She has her shining boots on her legs It is shining in the light of Morning Star |
The following is the original poem from which the Magyar Himnusz was taken, in Magyar.
HIMNUSZ |