Sarasate Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy melodies), Anna Karkowska Violin , Katarzyna Karkowska Piano

• Sarasate Carmen Fantas...
Pablo Sarasate Zigeunerweisen based on Roma People themes and csardas were written in 1878 in Paris.
In 1545 The Diet of Augsburg in Germany declared that ''whosoever kills a Gypsy will be guilty of no murder "making killings of Gypsies legal on German terrytories.
In 1530 England banished all Roma People.In 1710 Joseph I -holy Roman Emperor who in 1690 become King of Germany, issued an edict permitting to hanged all Gypsy males adult without trial.
.In 1721 Charles VI of France included Roma women to be executed as well after separating them from their children.
In 1791 in Poland after a proclamation of May 3 Constitution( second after USA) issued Uniwersal which protected Roma People .
In 1792 Austria ,Prussia, Russia with Prussian carina attacked Poland and divided Her between themselves ( they did it 3 times !) laughing at new constitution and all Polish laws& rights.
In Romantic era still in parts of German speaking Europe custom of killing or at least branding Gypsy with burning irons or cutting left ear was very popular.
On Hitler orders Germans killed 500 000 Gypsies ,6 Million Jews, 6 Million Poles and stole their property.
70-85 Millions People perished because Germans believed to be superior to others with right to kill and rule in the name of their supremacy.During WW II even for playing Wieniawski,Chopin,or Carmen,Gypsy Melodies,Yiddishe Mame you could be killed by Germans in occupied Poland. But what they could take in transit to Reich they did including priceless art collections from homes,museums,instruments,diamonds,gold. never to be returned like Raphael self portret till today-2024.So the superiority of Aryan race was limited only to humans but not their belongings.
Racism in any form with its hate is a deadly plague always unlished and used by autocratic leaders for their own gains as very successful tool/weapon.
Pablo Sarasate Gypsy Melodies Op.20
Anna Karkowska Violin & Kasia Karkowska Piano
Photo by Ellen Broughton