CU PRIVIRE LA FOLCLORIZARE: CÂNTECELE COMPOZITORULUI DUMITRU GHEORGHIȚĂ
ABOUT FOLKLORIZING: THE SONGS OF COMPOSER DUMITRU GHEORGHIȚĂ

Summary/Abstract: Dumitru Gheorghiță (1917-1987) is a distinct personality of the musical culture of Bessarabia. He established himself as an instrumental performer (accordion, trumpet player) and as a composer. He did fundamental studies in the field of music during the interwar period at the Unirea Conservatory in Chișinău (1927-1933). His oeuvre includes symphonic works, choral pieces, lyrical songs, works for folk music orchestra and for children, etc. Vocal and instrumental folk music had a special place in his activity as an accordionist and composer. We are particularly interested in his folk-style songs, written on the lyrics of well-known poets from those times or by Dumitru Gheorghiță himself. A large part of these songs, such as Struguraș de pe colină, Frumoase-s nunțile-n colhoz, Cine vine de la deal, Cântecul miresei, Lung îi drumul pân’ la tine, etc., became folklorized, that is, they took the path of oral circulation, often the singers not knowing who the authors are and supporting their folkloric origin. Studying the folklorization process of these songs reveals interesting aspects of popular culture in contemporaneity.

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