Sebestyén Márta is probably the most well-known Hungarian folk singer. Her performance of the folk song "Szerelem, szerelem" (Love, Love) is known for international audiences from Anthony Minghella's "The English Patient", but it is one of my favourites independently from that. In fact, I listened to it many times, or more than that I felt every word of it when I went through what it is about, I even translated it once. It is a bitter-sweet song, and it also has the power to tranquilise the emotions it addresses. Another well known work related to her is Deep Forest's Marta's Song, a combination of electronic music with an old csángó song. I like this song too, though if you understand the lyrics, there are strange cuts here and there, but I don't think it does any harm to the artistic result. I also found a life performance version of bits of the latter song that I attached last.
Saturday, 9 April 2011
Sebestyén Márta
Sebestyén Márta is probably the most well-known Hungarian folk singer. Her performance of the folk song "Szerelem, szerelem" (Love, Love) is known for international audiences from Anthony Minghella's "The English Patient", but it is one of my favourites independently from that. In fact, I listened to it many times, or more than that I felt every word of it when I went through what it is about, I even translated it once. It is a bitter-sweet song, and it also has the power to tranquilise the emotions it addresses. Another well known work related to her is Deep Forest's Marta's Song, a combination of electronic music with an old csángó song. I like this song too, though if you understand the lyrics, there are strange cuts here and there, but I don't think it does any harm to the artistic result. I also found a life performance version of bits of the latter song that I attached last.
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