Trecut, prezent şi viitor în muzica bisericească românească
Past, present and future in the Romanian Church Music

Summary/Abstract: The expansion of Christianity from the Judaic area to the Hellenistic one led to the emergence of new forms of singing which gradually became actual genres. These were then established in writing in neumatic pasltic notation, a musical writing which was adapted by our people, too, but developed in the spirit of the ethos of our faith. This tradition must be preserved, but also promoted in the entire Romanian area and I do not think that it would be improper if this psaltic notation were studied even at school or highschool levels.The responsibility of organising beautiful singing in the church belongs to the priest, in the limits of preserving our Romanian tradition. If singing is well-organised, people come to Church with pleasure and delight.We all know that music is an important element in the Orthodox cult, therefore one must be careful so that what is sung is not alien to the spirit of Orthodoxy. In the context in which Romania has entered various European and international structures we must promote our psaltic musical treasury and make it known to the whole world, not leave it aside, preferring to take what is new or belonging to others.

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