Nóta is a form of 19th-century Hungarian popular song. It is one of a number of styles collectively referred to as '' cigányzene'', which literally means ''Gipsy music'' but is used to refer to a number of styles of

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that are played in a typical Gipsy musical style. Nóta includes a variety of tempi, from uptempo ''friss

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'' via a medium time "Palotas" to slow dramatic ''

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'' ballads.

Literature

* ''"Zigeunermusik" (Ciganyzene)'' by Balint Sarosi, Budapest, 1971. (A classical on Gypsy music; available in Hungarian, German and English.) Hungarian styles of music 19th century in music Hungarian words and phrases {{music-genre-stub