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Zoltán Kodály et Béla Bartók, défricheurs de musique traditionnelle hongroise, se rendent aux sources populaires de leur pays. Sur leurs traces, un groupe de jeunes gens de Budapest, stimulés par l’enthousiasme de Ferenç Sebö et de Béla Halmos, recueillent dans les plaines et les montagnes, mélodies, chansons, instruments de musique et techniques de jeu, de leurs anciens… / Zoltán Kodály and Béla Bartók were pioneers in the study of traditional Hungarian music, considering folk music as a basis of national culture and collecting it at its source. Following in their footsteps, a group of young men from Budapest, spurred on by the enthusiasm of Ferenç Sebö and Béla Halmos, began to visit the plains and mountains of Hungary collecting tunes, songs, musical instruments and playing techniques from their elders.