Mihail Jora: Unknown Files
Mihail Jora: Unknown Files
Author(s): Ioana Raluca Voicu-ArnăuțoiuSubject(s): Music
Published by: Editura Universității Naționale de Muzică din București
Keywords: Mihail Jora; communist regime; Composers’ Union; former secret police;
Summary/Abstract: The composer Mihail Jora was not only a respected teacher but also an example of courage during the harshest years of the communist regime. As vice-president of the Composers’ Union he resisted the marginalisation of musicians on political criteria and opposed the authorities’ interference in music. As a result he was closely followed and demoted. His wife, sister of a pre-war foreign minister, was imprisoned. This article is based on documents from Mihail Jora’s surveillance file in the archive of the former secret police.
Journal: Musicology Today: Journal of the National University of Music Bucharest
- Issue Year: 3/2012
- Issue No: 9
- Page Range: 38-45
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English