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The Magyar Orchestra

on Regional Programme London

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Directed by Walford Hyden
Walford Hyden , following out an idea he has long held, has formed a little band of ten players to perform a rather special type of music in a rather special way. He has chosen his ten instrumentalists very' carefully with particular regard to the instruments they play, and on paper the combination has an interesting but very puzzling appearance. But listeners will soon agree that Mr. Hyden has been very happy in his choice, and the more curious may even try to guess exactly of what instruments the band is composed. It is safe to wager that not one in a hundred will guess correctly. One other thing to note : a Magyar orchestra is not simply a band for playing Magyar music. Every kind of music, folk-music, gypsy music, light music, comes within the scope of a combination like this. After all, very few Magyars actually live in caravans to-day.

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Regional Programme is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 9th March 1930 and ended on the 9th September 1939. It was replaced by BBC Home Service.

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