Cantacuzino Palast: Die Geschichte des rumänischen Komponistenverbands
Cantacuzino Palace: History of the Romanian Composers’ Union

Summary/Abstract: The author’s proposal, originally written for a radio programme broadcasted by Deuschlandfunk (German National Radio), is an investigation of the history of the Romanian Composers’ Union: from the moment 1949, when the old Society of Romanian Composers was dissolved and replaced with a communist institution, having a similar structure as the Soviet unions of creation, to nowadays, when the capitalist trend of the current Union of Romanian Composers and Musicologists implies surviving efforts. It’s a history close connected to that of the imposing Cantacuzino Palace, built at the beginning of the 20th Century, which also accommodates other institutions too: the National Museum George Enescu or the Musical Publishing House. Voices of some Romanian musical personalities are quoted throughout the study, in order to clarify this sinuous history.

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