Unless we use the circular definition of “music played by and/or attributed to Romani people,” there really is no musicological genre to encompass all of Romani or Gypsy music. The very divergent styles performed, historically shaped and constantly reshaped by Romanies include flamenco, jazz Manouche, Russian “romances,” Balkan (not to mention Middle Eastern) music, Hungarian czardas, as well as fusions with jazz, hip hop, Western art music and numerous national “folk” genres.
