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Editorial: Romanian and Greek Musicians The portrait of a Greek composer, so far almost unknown in this country, is placed within two frameworks, both related to problems of twentieth century Romanian music performance in this issue of Musicology Today. Actually, we could add one more ‘framework’ to the the above-mentioned ones, if we count Dragoș Călin’s article under Thoughts, which describes some of the analytical workshops so characteristic to conductor and professor Constantin Bugeanu. Next to these studies focusing on Romanian musicians, George Lambelet’s portrait connects us to the Balkan space. Anna-Maria Rentzeperri makes known the ideas on ‘national music’ issued by a Greek composer who was Enescu’s contemporary, with all the attributes we find at the end of the nineteenth century-the beginning of the twentieth century in the young cultures of the east and south of Europe, including Romania. As a matter of fact, possible parallels between Greek music and Romanian music (and this is not a reference to the Byzantine background, where connections are obvious) could reveal shocking similarities. The only condition is that someone should take up the challenge of the work involved.
Valentina Sandu-Dediu
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