Gherontie Nicolau, Evghenie Humulescu și Nifon N. Ploeșteanu sau un alt fel de „Trei Ierarhi”
Gherontie Nicolau, Evghenie Humulescu and Nifon N. Ploeșteanu or another kind of "Three Hierarchs"

Summary/Abstract: Among those who have studied church music, notation, and musical forms, a special place is occupied by musician hierarchs. This aspect can be encountered in all musical traditions of the Orthodox countries that have been under the direct influence of the Byzantine Empire. Romanian Principalities are meritoriously circumscribed by the rather large number of their hierarchs preoccupied with the world of sound. One of the first hierarchs with such musical training was Niceta of Remesiana, a prestigious exegete of religious singing and also a very good performer, the creator of the treatise De psalmodie bono after 413 AD, and a hierarch who introduced new vocabulary in the universal religious musicalanguage, such as canticum, cantio, cantare, chorus, and hymnus. Following the history timeline, we reach the end of the nineteenth century or rather, the beginning of the twentieth century, which was by far the most prolific period in terms of musical writings that emerged from the vast imagination of musician hierarchs. The most famous of these hierarchs, which are also outlined in this study, are Gherontie Nicolau, Nifon Niculescu and Evghenie Humulescu. Throughout this text, one can find biographical information, as well as a musical analysis of their creations, followed by elements of rhythmic and melodic structure, resulting in a fortunate inter-similarity within their works. This study also presents some unique musical examples found in various manuscripts originating from Gherontie Nicolau.

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