MUZICA BISERICEASCĂ ȘI DOMNIA
CHURCH MUSIC AND THE REIGN

Summary/Abstract: Although it may seem curious, religious music played an important role in defining the relationship between music and political power, primarily due to the links between the State and the Church, characteristic of Romanian medievalism. Given this framework, we aim to capture how this relationship is achieved. The princely churches concentrated around them the best psalts, and they, apart from the public divine cult, participated in various manifestations at the Court with their music, the most favorable framework being the princely festive dinners. Here they performed specific songs and polychronions, praising and glorifying the ruler, according to the Byzantine model. The church singers also enjoyed a privileged status, endowed with the aforementioned relationship, which is reflected in several official documents, a situation quite rare in the case of other musicians at the princely court. This is why we consider it necessary to take the action we are proposing, especially as a similar attempt does not exist in Romanian historiography.

• Details
• Contents