Gypsy Hora from Banat. Banat is a historical region of Central Eastern Europe which is today divided between three countries: the eastern part is in Romania, the western part in Serbia, and a small northern part lies in Hungary. The word 'Hora', meaning simply 'dance', is common to many East European and Balkan languages.

Jedna Ruza (pronounced 'Yedna Roozha'). A Slovak polka. The polka originated in Bohemia (today part of the Czech Republic) in the early nineteenth century, spreading first to the surrounding countries, but quickly becoming a global dance fashion, so that it's not unusual to find polkas from countries as diverse as Ireland and Mexico. The Paraguayan polka is an interesting variation played in six, still popular today.

Hungarian Czardas. The Czardas (pronounced 'Chardash') is another dance which originated in the early nineteenth century, in Hungary. This form is named for a type of rural inn (charda) where it was popular. Today the czardas is still danced in the tall boots and heavy traditional clothing of Hungary's fabled past.

Perdika. This Greek dance comes from the island of Corfu. It's name means 'partridge' in Greek ('the partridge' is a nickname for the island of Corfu, owing to it's shape).

La Comida La Maniana. This Sephardic song is sung to a Turkish melody in seven. This type of seven beat is called the 'Turkish seven' to distinguish it from the more common 'Greek seven'. The language is Ladino, also called Judeoespaniol, a variety of Spanish with amounts of Turkish and Hebrew vocabulary which was historically spoken by Jews living around the Mediterranean rim.

Da Me Molat. A Gypsy song from Macedonia, in seven. Gypsies today are properly referred to as the Rom people (plural: Roma).

Tancuj, Tancuj (pronounced 'Tantsooi Tantsooi'). A Slovak folksong, in which a Gypsy woman (who is being beaten up) is rescued by a Slovak soldier.

Koroboushka. This tune is well known in Russia, Byelorussia, and Ukraine. It became familiar to Americans as the theme music for the game 'Tetrus'.

To Ta Helpa. A Czardas, sung in Slovak. Because Slovakia was part of Hungary until 1918, Slovaks immigrating to the United States identified themselves as Hungarian.

Ukrainian Folk Melody. Ukrainian folk music, like the music of most other East European ethnic groups, is a rich blend of styles drawn from its special history. Like folkmusic from Moravia and the Polish and Romanian Carpathians, there are archaic Slavic features. Some old minor key material seems to come from Cossack roots, some more recently shows a Russian influence.