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MUZICA INSTRUMENTALA. |
VOCALA Sl PSALTICA
DIN SECOLELE XVI~KIXINTRODUCERE
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Th Solumul de f
tiumile presarate prin diferite scrieri veehit,
@escaperit doeumente musicale si e-au Ine
de ansamblu 4 muricii ver
fi) dar o Inmiinunchicre a intregulii material
feal cunosout nu avem pink in prezent. Ine
noi s¥ facem acest Iucrn tn volumul de fay,
includem urmitoarcle categorii de melodii:
‘A. Musica instrumental, cuprinzind melodii
Antre secolele XVI — NIX (a. 1834),
|. Muzic voeall «) aclamatii ; b) ereatii de
all profesiant®, calvind si. catolicd ; 0) cintece
igine sau de
enti oriental; 0) folelor urban. Adaugim ai
Kyrie dleison — cor mixt — de pe la ince-
secolului al XVIIT-lea.
| Muzied pealticd din prima jumitate a seco
‘XW%Clea. Includem aceasta ultim& sate-
completa, cit de elt, peisajul muzical
e din prima jumatate a cecolului trecut.
gerea acestor piese s-a avut In vedere varie-
| slifistics gi existenja unor forme vechi ale
r jepite din ux im prezent in finuturile
dar pe care le glsim In practica
eat
INTRODUCTION
Tn the first
une that
has been made up. out a
of ther arden pc
1) the follore; 1) the chiurcl ms
and town (ie the so-catled "
Until nowad
lost ones are
rica de
mentioned in
Ma =i dev
is true:
at p. 13 point
led to the town and court, musi,
1920 on d especially:
Suce 1850 on — several. data and mentions
Jpread Sn ver ld wntngs hats heen gate
a lot of musical docums have been found
, and attempts have been wade -to.-achiee
‘heses concerning this ancient Roma-
0 However, nobody has yet sveceeded
in gathering up the ‘whole musical material that
has come down to us, That ie why we have em-
Iharked on it in the present volume, which there:
fore includes the following classes of tunes:
A. Instrumental Musie fcomprising melodies
dating from the 47th, the 18th and the 19th cen~
turies (up to 1834).
B.. Yoral Musie: a)Acelamations; 'b) creations
influenced. by. Protestantiom (Lutheranism, Calet,
nism) and by Roman Catholicism ; c) “spiritual”
and “ethical” ‘songs; d) songs coming from the
Orienta music or created under its influences
¢) town folklore. Hore we have added also a Kyrt
tteison for tmixed chorus trom the beginning, of
the 18th century.
, Psaltie Music from the. first half of the
‘practice in the regions
musical entity, of all Ube Romanians
oth century, This Ist class Bes been included
in the volume because of its big: im
cane ants tobe ‘of # rather complete
Knowledge of the Romanian masieal “Iandssape
from the firet half of the {9th cemtury: ‘Whee
‘electi .
Both their stylistic variety and the way
these tunes the author hos Hed in ioe
of the
have Kept up in them some old: forms
She mein ene in the Boxe out
‘ans, but still in use
side the Carpathians, but still in use ‘
ilk
This is aloo a proof in the Webel! of
i
uy
whole medieacval period.sh ae sure
apie Bade
IEA ile, asic
ae
pane
eed |, far avi
eee
ee
vane
eum
one
:
oe
seit rdnene
tere ewe dome
Aa cr are we
ceri A mite vordi deckt
ean aypleat ormele, centeo Pot"
Jn apa
‘Bue daca
‘din
“i
fu In nro as
1 ecmomice cultural
Hh = ategnne @ maint le curt: ce
iit, 32. paar, yorb) Inc
formutit. fradaie romiacsti,
Pui if feudal,
nai de ist pentr 8 imypee
F populares dar gi de diverticment
Fifioiar neste atstets ines din
Fei eefptord, romani, iae mai wpot
fai etn #8 lie, faatul de Ia curtea
In enlolalte curtis
lar
ecient, Charles Diehl linn’, de
Simeon oct Mare al Bulgariei
‘sa fou tueatin 1a Coustan
us le. cost
#8 itl
d) curfit Imperiale in aga fel
pagal impiratului bizantin" +
Tomiini nu detinem stemenea
allt on fin cit si un nopot
ee Balin (1285-1418) gi-an facut
Pe Aeeasta dovedesie' ca sxistan
Titre doronitorut Yarii Roma.
Birontului, putut
eoremoniilului si a fastului
“thai vorbim de posibilitatea
A prin intermediul curfii bul-
Eerettionial la curtile domni«
angul secolelor, ne vste con
I Groniti, de sevicribe Iai D, Can-
Mth $i dy Condicn Ini Gt leoratche|
AI ceremonial, un oc impor
Beh psalticn,
L
ea} pt
rmmranidns. ete pas
Hiteratara rinidansies de
Hs 3782. Tctagth tog
at od
iu por
The
1 thi
rt Bells uv ben bet wa
eer attnal hes fuly bagi
reas oding cont. ot which ea
nally tga NK poe tee
ie courts, bul he fait
rcalturalcenteos Of the’ pagel
Twein montly monasteries, Howovens flea
peusihily think about any ow oll
ls ak ay
fur political, eanomin and ea
au least’ in secule venue
‘ourt mrsin, steed both fe Rebuy
iterlainments has sisted even, ange
feo. TOth contury, when
the first feudal Rom
fs the big foudats Tater an, re,
fongeous displays highly imprestive la the gant
tiled, but also various. entertainment.
been acclaimed even in the ey
per i. — practice fal
hy the Jows, the Egyptians, the Gres, the
mans and later on hy the’ Byzantines. As |
well known, the pomp displayed at the Bs
Emperors’ courts, has been adopted Tater of
the other princes? courts, al First only fq)
Kee tow
Alor nsups
slat tent
Xin Frets (
oals-af the
East but afterwards in the Ocsidenty tage
instance, Charles Diehl asseverates that
Siminn the Great of Bulgaria (894—99%),
hhad been educated at Constantinople, énteodg
at his own court “the titles, the dresses and iy
ceremonial in use al the Byzantine Emp
court, 80 that he could almost appear as the
ter’s equal". No such piece of information ji
come down to us concerning the Romanian. get
but we know that both # son and a neph
prince Mircea the Old (1386—1418) hid:
heen educated at; Byzantium ® This is 8 Bro
the strong honds of friendship extant then |
‘ween the ‘Tara Roménease:
Prince and the Emperor of Byzantium, a
that ‘aceounis, too, for the former's -1dQpi
the ceremonial and the gorgeous displays i
at the latter's court, to. say nothing of th
that those elements: could have been adoptel i
ugh the agency of the Bulgacidn couple
nce of such a ceremonial, maintained
Pe Jang tn Titra ura
Bhool the centuries nt the Resmanian
Pigust isantina, 1 Hg
kr tof 8
"Hl, Thueuee gt, 499nm ce privegte misicn diktenetivk — dane
Ini
tari gi cin
— este la fel dy veebe, dact
TU Fi rial weche dactt con legal de chreniontalul
propriv-ris de curve. Clement Alex: (amij-
Poll secolului 11 — prima jumatate'asecolutul 111)
al seeolutea al, 11-8
san inc
do dlragorte fh,
pan pein
slab
siti In eupr
Hl melodies
le
i hefurilor nesthuite
si Pentru peteccnri
Ts Ghrisostornul (345 —407),
prvilicele sales Cine dintre
in alm sau alt eink
Hi died on 9
2D
lin seriptura sfin
28 ar ¥rea i Intrebe
de cinteceie amoraase
mulfi care a le-gtie
ane placere™
continua tmpottivn unde
rezultst. Din nume-
oscel= doveri ale existentei acestora, ne vom opri
@oar asupra citorva. La curtra regelui maghiar
“int menjionati, in secolul al XTV-lea, de pilda,
un Pegs (chanteur de geste) si un combibator
(eompagnon d'orgie)* Daci primul va. fi cintat
Peintece decente, al doilea— mai ales co rolul
Tui ers s8-nveseleases pe rege tormai la petreceri —
In mod cert va fi cintat i cintecs pe care cot dot
‘(parin{i biserieesti le condamnau.
La romani, croniearal Grigore Ureche spune
Aron Voda (cu intermitento: 1454—1457)
fu Se satura ,.de-giucatu, de cimpoiagi, pre-care
finea de miscarii* ?. lar loan Neculee serie, in
casa, despre Grigore Vodi Ghiea (1726—
1739): ... Siin vieaga lui era tot cu mese mari,
IReemenca ereatit, dar
eeremonial la: Biaant (p. 11-28); bulgari (21-22);
bi (28-25); poloni (25—27); rug (27—28): romani
74). Pontra roméni, descricrea ceremonialurilor este
irl in: literatuen parenetich (80—B4); Gronict si
cwgrafe (Bi); opere cu earacter informativ, G20
fic gi intoric (86—60); opere propriu-tise. de geremonia)
75)
: Clement Aloxandrinul, Pedagegul, ‘Tenducora, de
Nicolae 1. $lefinescu. Bucarepti, 1989, p. 175:
5 Mexi G, Breazul, Pagina alin deloria musieil rod
4, Bd. ingrijit de V. Tormescu, Bucuresti, dit. mauzi-
A986, p. 168, au eae
6, Banile Maranati, Jos mmaaigue a. Paris,
ri Laurens, 1922. (Lam musieions colebren), p18 1%.
Wnts bythe. cto
ors due citinet Digdte Castensey ane
those of other poopie, and also by the Condiet
uk Ghesegeché. (Chreorgachi's Regier Tol. Gases
woninls)), written. im 4762" Ac important tole
yom assign during the ceremoniow Uo Uh panic
ae
wi pt
the
sami (hs Te
of the 2nd century at i
cr The bag of hs ht
aro wift aid hector tore
throvgh Uhr ging al
ns the musi for entertainment
dances and. som
need with
rl. Clemant’ of
ct
ot hall of the: Sed,
“utterly discarded” ag “the songs which of
merry deserve lo be sung only durin
or wien somebody reeds sori lon
when he
es @ banquet. fora
Si John Ghrssostom aad in one. of
his Homilies: “Who among you it able to sing
8 psalm or some other chant in the Moly Serip-
‘ure Howerar it only someone were to ask you
abou lvilish songs, the love songs =0
wrth debauchery, moat Of you would: imipeta:
tely show him you know. them in full and sing
them with the greatest pleasure” °
The Church: went on attacking bard, bub
vainly, these works. Here are a few pronfy of their
permanence during ‘the whole Middle Ages, For
instance, in the 14th century one could find at the
court of Hungary's King, a regde (chanteur de
geste) and a combibator feompasnon Corgie)*.
‘The former could have sung decent cones, but the
atier — whose duly consisted chiefly in diver
ting the King just during the feasts — hed there-
fore most surely sung such “devilish songs" as
those condemned by the two above quoted Chirk
stian writers.
Dan Simonezou, Literatura _romdnesset de
cei Ne cre = aot Doce
1900, Between p. L1—74 the anther depicts caiautely Oe
ceremonial literature of: Byxantium. {p. t1= ee
Bulgarians (21—22); ‘the Serbians (23-25); ee O
eee e Resinne (22-28); The Rosasans 24-20)
For Romanians the descriplion of the ceremonials 18
Feared inte song i. hepsur of the peas, MORN:
Bio a a png 8 cred
(ne rane) works ‘dealing with “cer m otill
proper (66-74). a rc
“Alexandrienth,
ome RN Glettnen. Haunt, Ba mes
din intoria musiett
tah, p17,
oh Pan i eee
1 ie apis a Tomes. i
(194) in oo
Fo Brea /
7. Veri G. Bronzul, 1 Carman, Conkrlinatl
a
rorminest, aw
1965, P. 156- a signe pais,
ck tate, amet et aa