Musical Romania and the Neighbouring Cultures ― Traditions - Influences - Identities - Proceedings of the International Musicological Conference, July 4-7, 2013, Iasi (Romania)

Drawn from papers presented at the International Musicological Conference Musical Romania and Neighbouring Cultures: Traditions, Influences, Identities, which was held in Ia<,s>i, Romania, in July 2013, the 35 essays here analyze traditional and contemporary music of the Balkans and Eastern Europe. They discuss Byzantine liturgical music and music of the Byzantine tradition, including Byzantine iconography in musical art, Serbian chant, and music, ceremonies, and representations of the prince at the courts of Walachia and Moldavia; ethnomusicological perspectives on traditional music in Eastern and South-eastern Transylvania, pre-modal and multifunctional musical structures in folkloric expressions from villages in the Radauti region, melodic aspects in contemporary popular dance in Moldavia, music therapy, and the musical culture of minorities in Romania; Romanian musical output in terms of specific genres, women composers, music festivals, rhythm, and the musical grammar of specific composers; and the classical output in the Balkans and Eastern Europe, discussing works by Manolis Kalomiris, Emilios Riadis, Rudolf Lassel, Paul Richter, Hans Peter Turk, Ivana Stefanovic, Russian composers, and others. Contributors are music and theology scholars from Europe. Annotation c2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

The editors are academic members of George Enescu University of Arts Iasi (Romania).
Laura Vasiliu is Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Music.
Florin Luchian is Assistant Professor of Music Management.
Loredana Iatesen is PhD Lecturer of History of Music.
Diana-Beatrice Andron is PhD Lecturer of Music Theory.