Manifestări publice și evenimente jubiliare ale Asociației Generale a Cântăreților Bisericești din România reflectate în revista „Cultura” (1911–1944)
Public Manifestations and Jubilee Events of the General Association of Church Chanters of Romania, Reflected in The Journal „Cultura” (1911-1944)

Summary/Abstract: This article examines how “Cultura. Revista cântăreților bisericești din România” (1911–1944), the official organ of the General Association of Romanian Church Chanters, documented the major public manifestations and jubilee events of the professional body it represented. The analysis encompasses four interlocking thematic registers: the religious-national concerts of the founding societies (1911–1919); the cycle of commemorations and monuments dedicated to Anton Pann (1927–1935); the guild’s participation in national commemorations — most notably the bicentennial of the return of Constantin Brâncoveanu’s relics (1920); and the celebrations honoring public personalities allied with the chanters’ cause (Stancu Brădișteanu 1933, C. Angelescu and Stelian Popescu 1936, Ion Popescu-Pasărea at retirement). The article advances two critical rectifications against an earlier version of the research: the centenary of Macarie Ieromonahul’s death falls in 1936, not 1937, and the calendrical discrepancy concerning the Anton Pann monument at the Lucaci church (19 January 1929 vs. 19 January 1930) requires separating the moment of the monument’s placement from that of the joint Macarie-Pann commemoration. A systematic reading of articles published in „Cultura” shows that the Association’s public manifestations functioned as instruments of professional legitimation, internal cohesion, and the articulation of a musical genealogy (Macarie — Anton Pann) in active dialogue with the principal events of the Romanian Orthodox Church and the interwar Romanian state.

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