MODALISM AND TONALISM IN THE ROMANIAN LITURGICAL CHORAL CREATION WHICH ENHANCE THE TRADITIONAL CHURCH CHANTS
MODALISM AND TONALISM IN THE ROMANIAN LITURGICAL CHORAL CREATION WHICH ENHANCE THE TRADITIONAL CHURCH CHANTS

Summary/Abstract: The liturgical chant of Romanian Orthodox Church has its source in the Byzantine churchly cultural aria. Being exclusively monodic, this liturgical chant has begun to be used and enhanced since the second half of the 19th century. The melodies of Romanian Church are essentially modal, as a legacy of Byzantine spirituality on Romanian soil. It belongs to the eight church “echoi”, whose sound organization is different from the Western ecclesiastical modes. Its choral vesting led to the coexistence of two different sound worlds: a modal one, which lies in the church songs and a tonal one consisting of the predominant harmonic conception of liturgical songs choral treatment.

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