She hears the Gypsy orchestra as they walk in, Following the music, she races ahead of him, laughing.

World renowned composers and musicians were here, and Gypsy orchestras toured the country.

Orb noted with interest that for the girl it was a Gypsy orchestra, not a conventional one.

These Gypsy musicians were descendants of famous Gypsy orchestras such as János Bihari whose descendants today are the Lakatos family, female Gypsy violinist Czinka Panna, Pista Dankó.

His "12 Neue Ungarische Tänze" reflect the influence of roaming Gypsy orchestras upon many composers of this era.

Possibly the museum's last booking fell into the latter category: a Romanian Gypsy orchestra that performed on Saturday.

Today Hungarians no longer kill themselves to the accompaniment of the "Sad Sunday" dirge from a record player, but the tragic melody still belongs to the standard repertory of Gypsy orchestras.

He was inspired by her maternal grandfather, Roman Jacowlew, who migrated to France from Russia at the age of 14 and went on to create a tzigane, or Gypsy orchestra, with 14 musicians and one singer, his French wife.

His most common styles were Nóta and "Magyar songs," which were typically performed by Gypsy orchestras.