HRBÁČ M. HORŇÁCKÝ HUDEC - Martin Hrbáč with his Horňácko Cimbalom Band and Guests

Chodí šohaj po dvore (verbuňk)

Za našima humny (slow song)

Háj, háj, háj, háj, zelené oreší (peasant dances from Lhota)

Fraštácký rybníkár (slow song)

Vím já jednu zahrádečku (slow song)

Vím já jednu čerešenku v poli (peasant dance)

Počkaj, dívča, co ti povím (peasant dance)

Gajdošku s gajdama (peasant dances)

Na horách, na dolách (slow song)

Když jsem já byl na půl míle (peasant dance)

Staň, má milá, staň (peasant dance)

Pro tebja, milá (peasant dance)

Za hájíčkem, za zeleným (slow song)

Kdybych já byl sedláckým synkem (peasant dance)

Trikrát sem panáčka prosil (peasant dance)

Tré primášé (muzicians set - slow songs and peasant dances)

Katerinka husy pásla (peasant dance from Javorník)

Místo domu mého (slow song)

Huboký járek, bystrá vodička (peasant dance)

Mám já koňa Faku (peasant dance)

Tam za Váhom biely dom (song from Slovakia)

Svět sa točí jako kolo (slow song)

Já su synek z Orešan (slow song from Suchov)

Na co je ti, Janku, ten kůň vraný (from Suchov)

Keby ste to mamko moja věděli (verbuňk)

Suchovské hudecké (peasant dances from Suchov)

Zdálo sa ně zdálo (peasant dance)

Tryndy, ryndy (peasant dance)

Nemá dochtor takéj masti (peasant dance)

Prisedla k němu, pošuškala mu (peasant dance)

Martine, Martine, Martinečku (peasant dance)

Volá Kača, počkaj Martinku (peasant dance)

Má milá, rozmilá (peasant dance)

(Reissue of CD published by Gnosis it 1995 under catalogue number GMUSIC0032)

This project presents traditional folk music of Horňácko, a small hilly region in Moravia, right by the border with Slovkia (Moravia is the eastern part of the Czech Republic). The compilation covers typical song (and also dance) forms of this region and illustrates the historical development of the folk music there as well. Thus, we can hear the songs accompanied by the bagpipes, which were the dominant instruments of Horňáckoś folk music more than one hundred and fifty years ago. The string instruments joined the bagpipes during the second half of the 19th century to form specific string bands withoutbagpipes (fiddles, viola, upright bass) at the end of the century, later also with clarinet. Several instruments together allowed the development of a typical rich harmonization of the songs. The cimbalom (an instrument similar to hammered dulcimer which came to Moravia from Hungary) was introduced here in 1930's and, on the contrary to other Moravian regions, it doesn't play a domonant role in the music of Horňácko. The main feature of this folk music is the highly developed artistry of singers. The lyrics of folk songs deal mostly with love (ranging from poetical to rather straightforward way), but also with everday-life joys and troubles. Sometimes they express almost philosophical ideas about Nature and God in a special simple way.

The project presented has been built up on exceptional musical personality of Martin Hrbáč (born 1939) - famous singer, fiddler and band leader (by the way, an autodidact in all) from Horňácko region. He is accompanied by his own band Horňácko's Cimbalom Band and several guests.

(Gnosis 1995 / Indies Happy Trails 2012)