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Debrecen has its waters...

Reputed singers from Hajdú-Bihar county

   'Debrecen has its waters.. ' says the song. Debrecen has fountains, has parks with beatiful flowers, has forests, but it hasn't got natural waters. The stream of the 'puszta' (Great Plain) called Hortobágy flows a good 30 kilometres away. It was destined to be the shepherds' water. And Debrecen became the centre of not only the surrounding region, but of Hortobágy, Sárrét and of the sometimes sandy, at other places hilly and forest-clad Nyírség. The songs of this region are performed by six prominent singers: Törõ Gábor (Püspökladány), Mrs Balázs János (Aradványpuszta), B. Nagy Ferenc (Nádudvar), Mrs Kurtyán György, Mrs Lázár Mihály (Nyíradony), Tanka Gábor (Tiszacsege).The album features the most characteristic tune types, some are performed in different versions too.
    We have to express our thanks to those collectors who found these singers and songs, in one word this treasure: Dr. Papp János, Mrs Dr. Bencze László and Czövek Lajos. We also have to give our thanks to the members of the Debrecen Délibáb Group who were most known and popular in the 1980's: Szabó Viola, Dévai János and Rõmer Ottó. It was them who recorded the songs in 1981.
   But most of our love goes to those who preserved and gave us this treasure. Owing to them these songs can be sung and enjoyed even today. Kodály Zoltán called the Hungarian folk song the mirror of the soul. Those who would like to know more about this region, the people's habits, how they live and what they do should listen to this CD.By

Joób Árpád

ED-CD-037