According to Katarzyna & Maciej Szymonowiczowie, "this term has always been associated with a band consisting of a Gajdy (bagpipe) and a Hóśle (violin)"; Delaveaux describes such a duo as "The orchestra is often small but loud, one piper and one violinist are able to drown an entire mob of drunken revelers"; Most probably, the last mountaineers’ wedding with gajdosze music took place in Istebna Andziołówka in the autumn of 1959; It was a double wedding, during which both daughters of artist Jan Wałach, Jadwiga and Marta, were married. Piper Michał Sikora (*1898) and violinist Jan Matuszny (*1901) played at the dance; One of the wedding guests, Józef Bigos (1890-1966), violinist from Bukowina Tatrzańska, was guest starring with the gajdosze of Koniaków; The traditional "gajdosze" music is replaced by a new trend in mountaineers’ music: string bands, composed of a lead violin ("prym"), a second violin or viola ("sekund"), and a double bass; This formation, borrowed from Slovakia, has survived in various configurations, and is often identified with Polish mountaineers’ music, even considered traditional; NB: ➺ gajdosz (piper).

Gajdosze

Gajdziorze