Brahms was inspired by the folk music of Hungarian dances called csárdás. Listen out for each of the distinctive folk melodies. Can you recognise them when they repeat? They have a dance like ...
Fritz Kreisler was the master of this genre. Somewhere between the two lie a group of 14 pieces named for the national dance of Hungary, the Czardas (shardash). These come from Jeno Hubay, a violinist ...