Byzantine Musicology and Romanian Communist Regime: A Revisitation
Byzantine Musicology and Romanian Communist Regime: A Revisitation
Author(s): Costin MoisilContributor(s): Ioana Stamatescu (Translator)
Subject(s): Music
Published by: Editura Universității Naționale de Muzică din București
Keywords: censorship and propaganda; nationalism; church music;
Summary/Abstract: Somehow surprisingly, Byzantine musicology flourished during the communism in Romania. How was it possible to publish articles and books on a religious topic in an atheist totalitarian state with a vigilant censorship? Franz Metz (1995) and Nicolae Gheorghiță (2015) have shown that religious music research was in fact encouraged by the regime in order to support its nationalist ideology. My paper is a revisitation of the subject, bringing new data into view.
Journal: Musicology Today: Journal of the National University of Music Bucharest
- Issue Year: 10/2019
- Issue No: 38
- Page Range: 117-124
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English