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The paper †Ciuleandra – Variations' for mixed choir, written by the composer Vasile Spătărelu, highlights a Romanian folkloric play from the region of Muntenia-Argeş, particularly known as a dance and holler song with progressive accelerated rhythm, carrying profound symbols which relate to the folkloric practice of magic. Vasile Spătărelu rearranges the whole composition in variations, by using methods such as melodic, rhythmic, metric, harmonic and improvisational transformation, obtaining a series of v...