The Gipsy Story

The Gypsies, or Roms, are native from North of India, the various tribes which composed these people emigrated towards the Middle East and Central Asia, before becoming established in Europe. As many nomadic people, a big part of their history is based on and passed by the music.

The gypsy music indicates their music, popular music of Bohemia and Hungary. Their music is usually interpreted on occasions like name-days or ceremonies. By virtue of their origin or of their host country, this music possesses numerous facets. The gypsy musicians, remote from academies, developed, for every instrument, a familar way to play which conjugates very often speed of execution and improvisations.

Often multi-instrumentalist and amateur stringed-instrument maker, the gypsy musicians also have the reputation to possess a vast directory and a big capacity of improvisation. The gypsy music began to leak out throught the classic works of two big composers, Franz Liszt and Johannes Brahms. We find the gypsy music in the popular music of the Eastern Europe or in Russia. Russia where the gypsy artists have, for a long time, been the favourites of the Tsar's Court.


The gypsy music was noticed in the Western Europe through the jazz gipsy, whose the most known artist is doubtless Django Reinhardt.

One of the most known song of Django Reinhardt

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