Inechități analitice în muzicologia românească postcomunistă – Cazul compozitorului Nicolae Brânzeu
Analytical inequities in post-communist Romanian musicology – The case of the composer Nicolae Brânzeu

Summary/Abstract: This article is the edification on some serious documentation problems, and some erroneous nuances of interpretation, which were cultivated ostentatiously in a considerable part of the Romanian musicology researches in the post-communist period. The extension of some unwritten laws after 1989, not at all desirable, determines us to focus our attention on a particular situation. We will reveal the inequitable analysis of the composer and conductor Nicolae Brânzeu (1907-1983), whose indissoluble instant of death, which goes far beyond a quarter of a century, made him remain only a vague memory in the consciousness of the contemporary world. Our objective is to rectify some pieces of information of dubitable probity, which either portray Nicolae Brânzeu as a “show off” in order to denigrate his entire creation - partly awarded by George Enescu, or do not credit his merits - founder of two cultural institutions in Romania - or deride his ordeal of ostracization. In front of some musicologists who have become a reference under the arch of time, any deviation from them will seem difficult to dismantle, but not impossible... Naturally, the question will arise whether we are entitled to open sensitive topics such as the influence of politics in music and the unveiling of extravagant parades of articles aimed at minimizing and accusing an artist. Although a real culture of secrecy developed in front of the stifled analytical politicizations for a long time, the lack of respect for truth and value can no longer persist in 2021. Using distinct data, the article reveals the precise dimension of misinformation perpetuated for more than 70 years. At the cost of displaying it, we offer monitoring of what was written, verifying the truth and consolidating it, reporting dissonances and discontinuities when they exist. And here they are, not at all a few.

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