Un tezaur basarabean de spiritualitate românească într-o excepţională colecţie de colinde datorată lui George Breazul
A Bessarabian Treasure of Romanian Spirituality in an Exceptional Collection of Carols Owing to George Breazul

Summary/Abstract: This study highlights the Bessarabian spiritual treasure - the carols and other chants practiced during the winter holidays and found in the collections gathered by the eminent Romanian musicologist George Breazul. The author mentions the value of the repertoire contained in Breazul’s fund, gathered to the left of the Prut river, exceptional documents of the ethnic culture of the area, attested in the counties of Bessarabia: Cahul, Cetatea Alba, Chisinau, Hotin, Ismail, Lapusna, Orhei, Soroca before World War II. The materials collected in Transnistria, reported and commented by George Breazul, are of particular significance. As the carols are among the first samples of the Romanian traditional culture, they demonstrate its identity throughout the entire territory populated by Romanians. This finding corroborates once more the idea of the spiritual unity of the inhabitants on both sides of the Prut. The conclusions highlight the fact that the pieces from the mentioned collections represent an important source of scientific valorisation for ethnomusicologists, Byzantinologists, men of letters and theologians, the historians of the national culture who are eager to study, know and promote the valences of the Romanian spirituality on the territory of Bessarabia and Transnistria.

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