Bury, Stanisław

Born in Sól [ESE of Zwardoń], he lived all his life in Sola-Oźna; Apart from playing, he was engaged in agriculture; He was married and they had five daughters; He started playing the Gajdy in early youth, and while doing so, he stamped his foot rhythmically to the beat and jumped; He also liked singing, and the people of Sól said that when he was singing at the top of the Magura mountain [SSW of Bielsko-Biała], it was heard in the village below; Together with violinist Jan Karh of Sól (1891-?) he played at all festivities and weddings taking place in the village; In 1954 he bought the Gajdy on which he played from "Pięciok" [Pentagon, whose official name is unknown; ws] of "behind the Magura"; According to Bury this instrument was more than 100 years old; In an interview of 11 May 1953, Stanisław recalled that he formerly had a "bardzo silną kozę" [a very strong Koza (According to Szymonowiczowie, "probably a loud instrument: a Dudy or Gajdy")]. Bury said that "to play loud, a Gajdy must be made of yew" (Taxus baccata); On p.43 of their album, Katarzyna & Maciej Szymonowiczowie inform us, that "Marian Stoiński mentions, in his »Dudy Żywieckie« (Żywiec, 1938), that [a certain] Tyc of Milówka and the "wójt" [i.e. the chief officer of a group of villages; ws] of Rajcza, named Karp, bought, ca.1973, a Gajdy from him [i.e. from gajdosz Stanisław Bury]"; On p.185, however, they claim, rather confusingly, that Stoiński informs us, on p.30 of his article, that "Stanisław sold a Gajdy, in the 1930s, for 18,20 Złoty [today’s rate?; ws] to a certain Tyc in Milówka"; It seems unlikely that both claims are correct… [ws]; Stanisław’s father played the violin.