GEORGES ENESCO’S MUSICAL INFLUENCE ON THE FOLLOWING GENERATIONS – REALITY OR IDENTITY JUSTIFICATION? Cover Image

GEORGES ENESCO’S MUSICAL INFLUENCE ON THE FOLLOWING GENERATIONS – REALITY OR IDENTITY JUSTIFICATION?
GEORGES ENESCO’S MUSICAL INFLUENCE ON THE FOLLOWING GENERATIONS – REALITY OR IDENTITY JUSTIFICATION?

Author(s): Luana Stan
Subject(s): Music
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: Enesco; Romanian music; contemporary music; folklore; Brăiloiu; identity.

Summary/Abstract: Georges Enesco, performer, conductor and composer, represents the indispensable reference for the Romanian composers. His propose of a specific musical school was a solution both for traditionalists and modernists; on the one hand, in the case of composers who over appreciated the native Romanian space, he was seen like a justification for their own folklore’s affiliation; on the other hand, those composers who depreciate the native space, could justify themselves as followers of Enesco’s modernism. But, in the two cases, Enesco represented the “right” solution.

  • Issue Year: 56/2011
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 79-83
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: English
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