Tzigane
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Tzigane is a rhapsodic composition by the French composer Maurice Ravel featuring a virtuosic violin part. The original instrumentation was for violin and piano. The first performance took place in Lo
First page of first edition
Romani people
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The Romani, also spelled Romany or Rromani, colloquially known as the Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group who traditionally led a nomadic, itinerant lifestyle. Linguistic and genetic evidence suggest
Tzigane
…manuscript for the orchestrated version is held by the Morgan Library & Museum. The name of the piece is derived from the generic European term for "gypsy" (in French: gitan, tsigane or tzigane rather than the Hungarian cigány) although it does not use any authentic Gypsy melodies. Tzigane is a late entry…
Two Gypsies by Francisco Iturrino
Kàlo Romani women in Helsinki, Finland, 1930s
Jean-Baptiste Debret: Interior of a gipsy's house in Brazil (c. 1820)
Gypsies camping. Kalé Roma near Swansea in Wales, 1953