„Vocea divinului“ în compoziţii ritualice ortodoxe de origine vestic – românească

Abstract

Regarding music as an act of worship within the Orthodox Church, we have the duty to emphasize both the historical framework of its development and the immediate profiling of the main contributors to the consolidation of the musical and ritual treasury. In this respect, the present material aims to bring to our attention some aspects that particularize the church music of Banat, as well as to bring into the light of the present some of the most important composers of such music. We have to remember that the Banat region, through its multi-confessional structure, has enjoyed a special cultural life since ancient times, which has always included music, from a popular and ecclesiastical aspect, both individually and chorally. These realities were based on the artistic sense of the local people, who preserved and manifested through chants, their entire Orthodox Christian life and experience.