Statue of Virgin Czinka
Statue, monument, memorial plaque
Panna Czinka, Cinka (Sajógömör, 1711 – ? , 1772 ? ), gypsy musician. Her father was also a musician. Her patron, the landowner János Lányi, taught her music in Rozsnyó. In 1730, she married a double bass player, and with him and two musician brothers-in-law, she created one of the most popular gypsy bands of her time. No authentic work of hers has survived. The famous Czinka song is undoubtedly a 19th century creation, as are all the melodies that István Fáy and Gyula Káldy published under her name. The same applies to the Rákóczi-initiative, which is also not the work of Panna Czinka, but a representative Hungarian instrumental piece of the early 19th century. ; – Irod. Major Ervin: Népdal és verbunkos (Kodály Emlékkv., Bp., 1953). – Szi. Dózsa Endre: Cz. P. (r., I-II, Kolozsvár, 1913), Balázs Béla-Kodály Zoltán: Cz. P. balladája (play, Bp., 1948). ; On the 220th anniversary of her death, in 1992, a statue was erected in Gömör in a beautiful ceremony, opposite the castle where Petőfi stayed on May 28, 1845. Every year, the National Czinka Panna Prima Competition is organized in Sajógömör. ; Sajógömör still holds her memory in high esteem. Her bust was made with the artist Aladár Igo from Hanva and inaugurated in 1992. Some small reliefs of Dezső Fertő's Czinka Panna and her orchestra can be seen in the lobby of the cultural center. Bertalan Bódi, Sr., who taught in Sajógömör for a long time, immortalized Panna Czinka in a painting, which is located above the entrance to the theater hall of the cultural center.