Elemente ale muzicii psaltice românești în Oratoriul de Crăciun de Paul Constantinescu
Elements of Romanian Psaltic music in Christmas Oratorio by Paul Constantinescu

Summary/Abstract: The Birth - The Byzantine Christmas Oratory was composed in 1947 and is considered a contrasting continuation of the Oratory of the Passion and Resurrection of the Lord. The premiere took place in Bucharest on December 21, 1947, being performed by the State Philharmonic. Paul Constantinescu proposed that in the vocal-symphonic work to combine the essence of orthodox singing with the western form of the oratory, for this reason he attributes the name of Byzantine in the title. As a professor at the Academy of Religious Music in Bucharest, Constantinescu has always had a concern for religious music, so he designed symphonic works that included Byzantine music. In addition to numerous choirs, the most important works in which elements of liturgical music are found, are the Easter and Christmas Oratorios.

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