Romanian Musical Neoclassicism – Gateway towards Universality

Abstract

Currently facilitating the introduction of national creations into the circuit of universal values, Romanian Neoclassicism is the expression of the conciliation between national specificity and universal language, conciliation achieved through the synthesis between traditional forms and innovating modal language, and also through rethinking classical forms, with a view to implementing specific content, national ethos. Prominent representatives of the national musical patrimony, George Enescu, Filip Lazăr, Dinu Lipatti, Marţian Negrea, Theodor Rogalski, Paul Constantinescu, Zeno Vancea, and others bring, through their creations, the essential renewals propelling Romanian music to the pantheon of world culture.