A perspective on the musical criticism of Iasi from the interwar period
A perspective on the musical criticism of Iasi from the interwar period

Author(s): Ligia Fărcăşel
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Music
Published by: Editura ARTES
Keywords: history; newspapers; interwar; musical life; artistic;
Summary/Abstract: The advantage of learning history through the perspective of the criticism of a certain period lies in the fact that the journalist does not merely reproduce the information, but also describes the state emanating from the events commented upon, himself being contemporary with them. For us, readers of later decades, newspapers are, objectively speaking, a genuine history textbook. However, discovering interwar periodicals from Iasi has proven to be a fairly difficult task. In order to identify the titles from Iasi, I have consulted the catalogues of three major libraries in the city: “Mihai Eminescu” Central University Library, “Gheorghe Asachi” County Library and the library of “George Enescu” National University of Arts. In this endeavor, I discovered titles that appear either in the pre-war or in the post-war periods. Moreover, publications such as Curierul de Iași issued both before and after the wars but ceased their activity in the interwar period. Finally, the titles that circulated in the interwar period and could be accessed are Flacăra Iașului, Ziarul Opinia, Evenimentul, Însemnări ieșene and Ziarul Scânteia. Starting from their pages, I have attempted to reconstruct a side of the interwar artistic climate of Iași.

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