Mihail Jora and the Trap of Ideologies
Mihail Jora and the Trap of Ideologies

Summary/Abstract: During the twentieth century, the Romanian culture and art were inevitably affected by the totalitarian regimes installed in Romania. The first notable ideological annexation came to pass when Romania, an ally of Germany during the Second World War, copied partially the Nazi model (1940-1944); the second came into being with the onset of Communism in 1947 and thrived until 1989, with inevitable instances of continuation. The paper endeavours to point out some effects of this double ideologisation in the case of Mihail Jora (1891-1971), seen as the most important Romanian composer of the generation immediately following George Enescu. The case under discussion is the more relevant the more Jora repeatedly pleaded for music and politics never to mix.

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