The Hungarian People: An Ethnohistorical Overview
The Arpad Dynasty
The Habsburg Monarchy
Nationalism and the Minorities
Musical Developments
The Bartok-Kodaly Connection
The Classification of Hungarian Folk Music
The Modified Krohm-System
A Magyar Nepzene Tara (Corpus Musicae Popularis Hungaricae)
The Bartok-System
The Source Materials

Introduction

A. The Old Style of Hungarian Peasant Music
Melodies of Non-ceremonial and Dance Songs
I. Eight- or twelve-syllable textline tunes
II. Six-syllable textline tunes
III. Seven-syllable
IV. Eleven-syllable
V. Ten-syllable
VI. Nine-syllable
Synopsis

B. The New Style of Hungarian Peasant Music
Synopsis

C. Other Tunes in Hungarian Peasant Music (Mixed Class)
I. Subclass: Isometric, parlando or giusto rhythm
1. Five-syllable lines
2. Six-syllable lines
3. Seven-syllable
4. Eight-syllable
5. Nine-syllable
6. Ten-syllable
7. Eleven-syllable
8. Twelve-syllable
9,10,11. Thirteen-, fourteen-, and fifteen-syllable
II. Subclass: Isometric, adjustable giusto rhythm
1. Six-syllable
2. Seven-syllable
3. Eight-syllable
4. Ten-syllable
5. Eleven-syllable
6. Fourteen- and fifteen-syllable
III. Subclass: Heterometric, invariable giusto rhythm
IV. Subclass: Heterometric, adjustable giusto rhythm
V. Four-line tunes in Kolomyjka-rhythm
VI, VII. Subclass: Two-line, Three-line strophes
Synopsis

Supplement I: Statistical Data
Table 1. The Classified Output According to Villages and Countries
Table 2. The Output According to Dialect Region, Countries and Villages

Supplement II: Bibliography

Supplement III: Commentary on Gipsy Musicians

Song Textx and Translations

Music Examples
Errata
Explanation of Signs Used
Transcriptions

EDITORIAL APPENDICES

I. Addenda and Corrigenda

II. Provisory List of Variants and Reprints Published Elsewhere
Variants in Bartok's Published Compositions
Works Cited in the Tabulation of Variants

III. Tabulation of Material

IV. Index of Rhythm of the Tabulated Melodies

V. Thematic Index of the Tabulated Melodies

Index of First Lines

General Index