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János Bihari

Hungarian musician and music composer

János Bihari (21 October 1764 – 26 April 1827) was an influential Hungarian Romani violinist. He is one of the founders of Romani academic music and the musical genre verbunkos.

By the middle of the nineteenth century, "Gypsy music" was elevated to high fashion, the first great was that of János Bihari, the pianist Franz Liszt described: "The tones sung by his magic violin flow on our enchanted ears like the tears...".

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Works

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  • Lassú Magyar (Adagio affettuoso)
  • Ungarischer Romanzero, S. 241a: No. 17 in A major
  • Ungarischer Romanzero, S. 241a: No. 18 in A major
  • Ungarischer Romanzero, S. 241a: No. 3 in A minor
  • Ungarischer Romanzero, S. 241a: No. 6 in A major
  • Ungarischer Romanzero, S. 241a: No. 8 in D minor