Vasile Hereș din Costeni - rapsod popular, constructor de instrumente muzicale arhaice și învelitor cu paie
Vasile Hereș from Costeni - a folk rhapsode, an artisan of archaic musical instruments and a straw thatcher

Summary/Abstract: After a brief presentation of the particularities of the Lăpuş area, the first part of our research was dedicated to the history of Costeni village, a folkloric and ethnographic hearth of Romanian ancient and perennial civilization, where the rhapsodist and artisan Vasile Hereş lives and works.The investigation part presents the rhapsode’s activity, with its three aspects. We first analysed Vasile Hereş's activity as a folk rhapsode, focusing on his interpretational qualities in playing several archaic aerophone instruments which still exist at Costeni and in other villages in Țara Lăpușului. We analysed the specialization of the rhapsode in playing various categories of whistles, including the twin flute, then the the block flute with a stopper and without a stopper. We analyzed how he became a rhapsode and how his repertoire accumulated.We also mentioned the artistic events in which he performed as a folk rhapsode.We gave space to the second important aspect of his work as an artisan of the aerophone musical instrument which he plays. We talked about the artisan’s skills shown in the meticulous execution of the instruments, with a focus on the methodology of instrument making, as well as the attention paid to the wood essences from which the artisan makes his instrumental pieces. We did not omit to talk about the tools used by the master in his work.Our research ends with the approach of his job as a straw thatcher. We have briefly analyzed the two methods he used - with pressed straws and with sheavesn - in thatching.

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