Arrabona - Múzeumi közlemények 35/1-2. (Győr, 1997)

Ernő Barsi wurde 75 Jahre alt - Horváth Győző: Memorable meetings with Dr. Ernő Barsi

Zsuzsanna Lanczendorfer: Ernő Barsi as a researcher of children's folklore Children's folklore is a real treasure trove of folk poetry. Ernő Barsi directed not only his students' attention to this territory, but he set an example himself in collecting children's songs, children's tales, sung ring-games, ditties, instrumental folk games all included in the concept of children's folklore. He was the first to publish a fragment of a winter-solstice wassailing song as part of an ear-pulling children's game. He pays special attention to textual aspects of children's folklore, and to variant reading collected in several regions of Hungary. He also took down children's games in Transylvania (Mezőség, Háromszék, Gimes), in Sub-Carpathia, Slovenia, and even in Bulgaria. His main goal is to return the collected pieces of children's folklore through teachers to their "rightful owners", the children. His view is that "the teachers' work is the most important token of the survival of Hungarian nationality." Dr. László Timarry: Ernő Barsi and the Szigetköz region The 75 year-old fellow-academic refers to the times when he formed a life-long friendship with Ernő Barsi at the People's Academy at Mosonmagyaróvár. Ernő Barsi and his wife Ida animated studies on the konowledge of the country in a most refreshing way: They not only spoke about folk-songs to their rural audience, but performed them s well: good-wife Ida sang, and Ernő Barsi accompanied her on the violin. The author also gives an account of 50 years' assiduous folklorist's work which resulted in the volume "Daloló Szigetköz" (Songs of the Szigetköz district), published by Ernő Barsi in 1971. The four parts of the song-book (1 ."The wind blows gently from the old Danube", 2. From New Year's DAy to New Year's Eve, 3. Songs of the jobs in the Szigetköz region, 4. "From the cradle to the grave") comprise altogether 323 songs. Beside this rich musical material, the volume includes a collection of data of significant scholarly value which registers the circumstances under which the songs were recorded. The book had so favourable a reception, that later a second, amplified, edition was also published. Győző Horváth: Memorable meetings with Dr. Ernő Barsi The author gives tribute to Ernő Barsi as to his teacher. He commemorates the unforgettable singing lessons where they could learn so much about being Hungarian and preserving our real national values. The essay also refers to the collection of folk music by Béla Bartók at the villages of Jobaháza, Bogyoszló, and Szilsárkány in 1 906, which was later edited by Ernő Barsi. Finally the author presents a profound analysis of the volume "Daloló Rábaköz" (Songs of the Rábaköz district) published in 1970. The second, amplified, edition of this work was issued in 1983. The author's personal concluding remark is as follows: "Where professor Barsi appears with his "obligatory" violin, national feeling flames out and rejoicing comes upon the audience." ARRABONA 35/1-2.