Terényi Ede Miseparafrázisa négy olvasatban. A fiú(isten) drámája
Eduard Terényi’s Mass-paraphrases. Tunes from the Old and the Contemporary Church on Farkas Street

Summary/Abstract: Eduard Terényi, who has lived since his university years in Cluj, composed his Paraphrase Mass of Transylvania of the seventeenth century inspired by the protestant church on the Farkas/ Kogălniceanu street. The artwork crosses three aesthetic borders, similar to other Terényi compositions. First of all, he presents a Catholic mass in a protestant sphere. Breaking the long tradition of the human voice and organ employed in sacral works, Terényi uses strings and only imitates the choir. Finally, in his modern confession he evokes tunes from the 17th century. In the vernacular language of the mass we can detect the organic reception of Béla Bartók and the similarity of Leoš Janáček’, Steve Reich’ and Gia Kancheli’s style. In the mass he declares his faith in the communal ethos in the way of using the Latin and Hungarian sacred songs described by the Romanian monk, Ioan Căianu. Thus, the place (the church on Farkas street), the tradition (musica sacra in Transylvania) and artistic credo become ecumenical, universal and Cluj-like.

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