| 词条 | Béla Babai |
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Babai was born in Graz, Austria-Hungary[2] and grew up in Kaposvár near a large community of Romani. He learned to play the violin at a young age. At age 12 he would play in a local cafe, and in later years he would keep a clipping about those performances. After he emigrated to the United States in 1937, he noticed that the music from his country was played in Hungarian restaurants. Babai started an orchestra in which he played the violin, accompanied by a kontras (second fiddler), a bratchas (violist), a bogos (double bass), a cimbalom-player, and a cellist. In 1953 he left Chicago for New York, where he performed in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Babai was married to Emma Horvath, who was of Bashalde Romani descent, and had a son and two daughters. He died in Nesconset, New York.[1] Discography
References1. ^1 {{cite news |last1=Heise |first1=Kenan |title=Bela Babai, 83; Billed Here as 'King of Gypsy Violin' |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-10-16-9710160346-story.html |accessdate=September 27, 2018 |work=The Chicago Tribune |date=October 16, 1997}} 2. ^Illinois, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1991
9 : 1914 births|1997 deaths|People from Graz|People from Kaposvár|Romani music|Hungarian emigrants to the United States|American bandleaders|People from Nesconset, New York|20th-century American musicians |
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