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Modernity and the Avantgarde in Romanian Music, 1920-1940
Modernity and the Avantgarde in Romanian Music, 1920-1940

Author(s): Clemansa Liliana Firca
Subject(s): Cultural history, Music, Social history, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Sociology of Art, History of Art
Published by: Muzikološki institut SANU
Keywords: modernity; avant-garde; Romanian music;

Summary/Abstract: Thanks to the works of George Enescu. Romanian music achieved its first breakthrough onto the European scene in the years preceding World War I. In the inter-war period the number of Romanian composers who joined modern trends, often without breaking their links with nationalism, significantly grew in number: Mihail Jora. Sabin Dragoi. Mihail Andricu. Marcel Mihalovici. among others. The music of Stravinski and Bartók produced the strongest impact on Romanian music of the 1920‘s and 1930’s.

  • Issue Year: 1/2001
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 105-118
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English