Representatives of the ecclesiastical chants in the Western side of Romania: Atanasie Lipovan Cover Image

Promotori ai melosului bisericesc din Vestul ţării. Atanasie Lipovan
Representatives of the ecclesiastical chants in the Western side of Romania: Atanasie Lipovan

Author(s): Mihai Brie
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Facultatea de Teologie Ortodoxă Alba Iulia
Keywords: Atanasie Lipovan; Banat; Composer; Conductor; Teacher

Summary/Abstract: Atanasie Lipovan was a brilliant music teacher and professor from Banat. From his youth, he showed a great talent for music and he studied with the most known teachers from that time. He was conductor of a choir, ”Doina”, and he studied a lot, even ten hours in a day, searching for best variants. In 1913 he was in a tour in United States, with his choir, and he made a great impression. He returned in Transylvania in 1918, and was appointed teacher for music at the Faculty of Theology in Arad. He died in 1947, at the age of 73 years. He is considered among the great composers and conductors of choir from Banat, in the first half of the XXth century.

  • Issue Year: XVII/2012
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 109-116
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian