L'appel du folklore chez les compositeurs roumains en France au XXe siècle
The Use of Folklore among Romanian Composers in France in the 20th Century

Summary/Abstract: For a long time, France has been the main home base for expatriate Romanian composers. Since the interwar period, Paris has exerted a powerful attraction on foreign musicians, particularly Romanians. From George Enescu to Aurel Stroë, from Marcel Mihalovici to Horațiu Rădulescu, many composers have been marked by their time in France. We will examine the most subtle influences on their music, shared between distant resurgences of folklore from Bartók (Ligeti, Miereanu), the aspiration to fusion of non-Western melodies and contemporary music (Stroë) and finally the genesis of the typically French spectral aesthetics (Rădulescu) with an admixture of popular stylizations. The contribution of electroacoustics and new technologies to the revival of traditional music constitutes another significant aspect. Mainly marked by exoticism, the Romanian-French connection now bears witness to a cultural interpenetration which has never wavered throughout the 20th century and is still perceptible today.

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