COLECȚIA LUI FRANÇOIS ROUSCHITZKI (1834)
THE FRANÇOIS ROUSCHITZKI COLLECTION (1834)

Summary/Abstract: The growing interest in old musical sources has led us to approach one of the oldest collections of urban folklore known in Romania: 42 Chansons et Danses Moldaves, Valaques, Grecs et Turcs arranged for piano by François Rouschitzki, published in Iasi in 1834 (Fig. 1). In order to provide the audience with a contemporary theoretical and audio vision of this material, the choice was made for an instrumental composition specific to the professional oral tradition – violin and cobza. The protagonists of the workshop – Marin Bunea, violin and Victor Botnaru, cobza, started from the idea of reconstructing the “original” version of a possible sound source of the melodies included in the collection, offering a performance perspective focused on preserving the essential elements specific to the sound processes of the lute bands of the time. On a theoretical level, the workshop presented a series of new information and theses on the collection and its author, emphasizing that this material can be both a subject of study for researchers and a source of inspiration for musicians.

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