mercedo's Journal: Zigeunerweisen & Hungarian Rhapsody No13

Zigeunerweisen -1878 by Sarasate (1844-1908), and Hungarian Rhapsody -1853 No 13 the latter half part of the song by Liszt(1811-1886) are same. Did both compose based on same folklore?

Same Tunes

[bettiwettiwoo]

Without knowing anything about this particular case: there's usually only so much folklore to go around, and that is very often especially true of music: it is not seldom the case that the same melody is used for various different lyrics in various parts of one country ... or, for that matter, even the same part of a country.

As for gypsies, I believe they were (and are) a sizeable minority in Hungary, so their music could well have had an impact on 'traditional' Hungarian (folklore) music.

Re:Same Tunes

[mercedo]

Probably they both composed or just collected from the same folklore transmitted among gypsy people from generation to generation. They mustn't have the concept of copyright nowadays we have or perhaps we are going to lose the clear concept of copyright born in the wake of capitalism. Since the development of the Internet has been so apparent, we're now facing an age of the almost unlimited proliferation.

Whoever composed the song it doesn't matter as far as it gives us a confidence.