Musical-cultural activities in the Bulgarian emigrant communities in Romania in the second half of the XIX century Cover Image

Musical-cultural activities in the Bulgarian emigrant communities in Romania in the second half of the XIX century
Musical-cultural activities in the Bulgarian emigrant communities in Romania in the second half of the XIX century

Author(s): STEFANKA GEORGIEVA
Subject(s): Music
Published by: Editura ARTES
Keywords: Bulgarian-romanian musical connections; Brăila; Dobri Voinikov; Isodor Mihailovich; Bulgarian-Romanian Musical Society ”Muza”; Bulgarian Philharmonic Society ”Mara”;

Summary/Abstract: The presentation emphasizes on the musical-cultural activities performed in Brǎila, a town called by historians “the cultural capital of the Bulgarian Diaspora”. Some of the initiatives of the immigration, besides the numerous popular concerts before the citizenry and at the homes of the rich Bulgarian families, go beyond regional life and reflect on the development of the pre-liberation and post-liberation Bulgarian musical culture. First of all, this refers to the appearance of forms of organized musical life with the creation of the Bulgarian-Romanian Musical Society ”Muza” (1867) and of the Bulgarian Philharmonic Society ”Mara” (1869). The ten-year stay in Brǎila of Dobri Voynikov, one of the most famous writers of the Bulgarian National Revival, as well as his co-operation with the Romanian playwright Iorgu Caragiale, stimulates the writing of “dramas with singing” which the researchers of the Bulgarian musical theatre, quite reasonably, place in the entrance of its history. Among his associates are the brothers Isidor and Mihail Mihalidi (Mihaylovich) for whose performer’s and creative activities no analog is found in early Bulgarian musical culture.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 78-85
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English