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September 9 - October 15, 2005 - Passaic, NJ
American Hungarian Museum, Passaic, NJ
presents:
NEW JERSEY FESTIVAL OF HUNGARIAN CULTURE
LECTURES
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here for details
of the Festival - September 9 - October 15, 2005:
movies, lectures, jazz,
operetta,
classical, popular
music concerts, folk and sacred
songs, gulyás party...
Photos:
László Kerkay
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September 10,
2005
Dr. Miklós
Érdy:
Ancient Hungarian History:
"The origins of the Hungarian Horse Burials"
Dr.
Érdy has travelled to Asia on numerous occasions to research
ancient Hungarian history. He is one of the foremost experts in
this topic which was the subject of his many lectures and
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September 17,
2005
Professor Peter
Pastor, Montclair State University:
Modern Hungarian
History
Hungary,
geographically located in Central Europe, has always been
greatly effected by historical events which shaped Europe. The
state, established by St. Stephen of Hungary in the year 1000
survived against the most difficult odds. Prof. Pastor offered a
review of history of this small country and its people through
1000 years of history. |
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September 24,
2005
Prof. Susanna
Lippóczy Rich:
Hungarian
Literature in Translation
Prof. Lippóczy rich
teaches at Kean College, NJ and she is a translator as well as
an author-poet in her own right. She reviewed Hungarian
literature and guided the audience through one of the most
challenging tasks: translating from Hungarian to English.
Hungarian language is especially suited for literature and its
vocabulary is more extensive than English. The recent Nobel
Prize in Literature awarded to Imre Kertész highlighted the
importance of literary works originating from Hungary |
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October 1, 2005
Prof. Michael
Pisani, Vassar College, NY:
Hungarian
Classical Music
Liszt, Erkel,
Kodály, Dohnányi, Bartók, Rózsa, Ligeti are just some of the
immediately recognizable names in classical music. They all have
a similar streak; they are all Hungarian and have used folk
music as an inspiration for their compositions. Prof. Pisani
reviewed the work of these Hungarian composers and explored
their impact on the international music scene. |
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October 8, 2005
Emese Kerkay:
The Miracle of Hungarian Embroidery
Ms. Kerkay is the Curator for the American Hungarian Museum,
Passaic. She is a foremost expert in our area on Hungarian
embroidery and a folk artist herself. She presented the
intricate art of Hungarian embroidery, and offered extensive
visual aids to orient the audience in the regional variant in
the Hungarian speaking areas of Europe for this marvelous and
rich art form. |
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here for details of the Festival: movies, lectures,
jazz,
operetta, classical, popular music concerts,
folk and sacred
songs, gulyás party...
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