Aspekte Hinsichtlich des Kirchengesangs in der Moldau bis zur mitte des XIX jahrhunderts
Aspects Regarding the Church singing in Moldavia up to the middle of the XIX-th century

Summary/Abstract: During the reign of Alexander the Good (1400-1432), at the Greek-Latin-SlavonicSchool from Suceava people could learn ecclesiastical music. This school wasunder the patronage of the Moldavian king, and the ruler was Grigorie Ţamblac.The Moldavian king Stephen the Great (1457-1504) initiated a Byzantine school inthe monastery Putna, where monks and layman could learn Byzantine music. At theByzantine school in Putna, the monks sung in Greek, the music being similar to theone sung on Mount Athos and in Constantinople. In the XVI-th century began thetranslation of Slavonic manuscripts into Romanian. The fi rst choir was created inMoldavia, in the XIX-th century.

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