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Romanian Stylistic Correspondences between George Enescu and Lucian Blaga. Aesthetic Considerations
Romanian Stylistic Correspondences between George Enescu and Lucian Blaga. Aesthetic Considerations

Author(s): Mădălina Rucsanda
Subject(s): Music
Published by: Editura Universitatii Transilvania din Brasov
Keywords: stylistic; Blaga; Enescu; folklore; philosopher; culture

Summary/Abstract: In this paper I am trying to capture the extraordinary correspondences established between two of the great minds in the Romanian culture: George Enescu and Lucian Blaga in terms of worldview and life, death, destiny and attitude. Their work is based on a common archetypal layer – the spirituality of the Romanian village, to which a professional training at the highest Western level is added. The similarities between the three are not dependent on the existence of any direct contact, not even by means of creation, because there is no data to confirm any direct contact between the composer Enescu and the philosopher Blaga. The two great artists are part of a larger tradition giving inexhaustible sources of creativity, resulting in the crystallization of language, by taking over the characteristics of the Romanian folklore.

  • Issue Year: 6/2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 53-58
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English