János Bihari
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1764 – 1827
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Who was János Bihari?
János Bihari 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 virtuoso violinist from the county of Pressburg. Franz Liszt said of him: "The tones sung by his magic violin flow on our enchanted ears like the tears..."
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- Born
- Oct 21, 1764
- Also known as
- Janos Bihari
- Died
- Apr 26, 1827
Budapest
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on July 23, 2013
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