Bucium (german: Baumdorf; hu, Bucsony) is a

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located in Alba County,

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. It has a population of 1,454. It is composed of thirty villages: Anghelești, Bisericani, Bucium, Bucium-Sat (''Bucsum-Szát''), Cerbu (''Bucsum-Cserbu''), Ciuculești, Coleșeni, Dogărești, Ferești, Florești, Gura Izbitei, Helești, Izbicioara, Izbita (''Bucsum-Izbita''), Jurcuiești, Lupulești, Măgura, Muntari (''Bucsum-Muntár''), Petreni, Poiana, Poieni (''Bucsum-Pojén''), Stâlnișoara, Vâlcea, Valea Abruzel, Valea Albă, Valea Cerbului, Valea Negrilesii, Valea Poienii, Valea Șesii and Văleni. The commune is situated east of Abrud. On its territory can be found a Roman

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, as well as the ancient

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sites at Ieruga and Gaura Perii. The Bucium gold deposits are located within the northernmost volcanic belt of the "Golden Quadrilateral," near the

Roșia Montană Roșia Montană (, "Roșia of the Mountains"; la, Alburnus Maior; hu, Verespatak, ; german: Goldbach, Rotseifen) is a commune of Alba County in the Apuseni Mountains of western Transylvania, Romania. It is located in the Valea Roșiei, through ...

mining town. The physicist Ion I. Agârbiceanu was a native of Bucium. His father, the writer

Ion Agârbiceanu Ion Agârbiceanu (first name also Ioan, last name also Agărbiceanu and Agîrbiceanu; September 12, 1882 – May 28, 1963) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian writer, journalist, politician, theologian and Greek-Catholic priest. Born among the ...

, served as

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parish priest at the church in Bucium–Șasa village (now Ciuculești). In

Béla Bartók Béla Viktor János Bartók (; ; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as H ...

's ''

Romanian Folk Dances ''Romanian Folk Dances'' ( ro, Dansuri populare românești, ), ( hu, Román népi táncok, ), Sz. 56, BB 68 is a suite of six short piano pieces composed by Béla Bartók in 1915. He later orchestrated it for small ensemble in 1917 as Sz. 68, BB ...

'', the fourth dance is called "Buciumeana", meaning a dance from Bucium.David Cooper, ''Béla Bartók'', p. 138. New Haven:

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, 2015,

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