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The inquiry we propose starts from the premise that classical music composers approached the texts of the psalms written almost 3 millennia ago and they rediscovered their meanings in spite of the social, territorial, linguistic, and religious changes which took place throughout history. Analyzing the musical scores of those who appealed to the text of Psalm 150, the aim of our research is to observe the multiple ways in which the psalm is musically represented in the history of music. Despite the different musica...

Romanian Doina was inscribed on the representative list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009. Doina is a improvised, solemn and lyrical folkloric song, marking the essence of Romanian folklore. It can be sung in any social context, with or without instrumental accompaniment, with expressive ornaments. The emotional magnitude is very impressive. There are various regional types of doina, with different specific elements. Doina is representative for the peasant’s soul, expressing his most intense ...

The research we propose starts from the premise that the classical music composers of the 20th century turned to religious texts written almost 3 millennia ago, and they rediscovered their essences in spite of the social, territorial, linguistic, and religious changes that took place throughout history. Despite the different musical composition techniques used or the origin of the composers, the subject of David’s Psalms is embodied in the work of some of the most prolific creators of the last century (Arnold Scho...

The byzantine art is the cultural and spiritual emanation of the most enduring form of government in history: the Byzantine Empire. These forms of faith and art have survived to the present day undergoing an outstanding independently historical evolution, free from the conditions that initially created them. A unique event in human history. The characteristics of these forms of art are the spiritual unity, the specificity of each one and the complexity of the cultural system that supports it.

George Enescu's music was the result of a deeply personal Romanian synthesis of all the most important dominants of the century (Neo-classicism, Impressionism, national folkloric elements, Germanic tradition). The most complex Romanian musician of all times, he remains the composer with an individual symphonic profile in the orchestral art of the XXth century. The Enescian symphonic work (developed over the course of seven decades) is marked by obvious stylistic changes: the variety of compositional idioms constit...