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Folk music is the oldest form of Romanian musical creation, characterised by great vitality; it is the defining source of the cultured musical creation, both religious and lay. Conservation of Romanian folk music has been aided by a large and enduring audience, also by numerous performers who helped propagate and further develop the folk sound.
Ana Pacatiuș. Born. (1939-08-02) 2 August 1939 (age 85) Occupation (s) Folk singer; lecturer. Ana Pacatiuș (born 2 August 1939) is a Romanian folk singer, who specialises in the folk traditions of Banat. In 1970 she joined the Banatul Ensemble, with whom she toured to China, Mongolia and the Soviet Union as the only vocal soloist.
The Romanian word lăutar (pronounced [lə.uˈtar]; plural: lăutari) denotes a class of musicians. The term was adopted by members of a professional clan of Romani musicians in the late 18th century. The term is derived from lăută, the Romanian word for lute. Lăutari usually perform in bands, called taraf.
Doina. The doina (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈdojna]) is a Romanian musical tune style, possibly with Middle Eastern roots, customary in Romanian peasant music, as well as in Lăutărească. It was also adopted into klezmer music. [1] Similar tunes are found throughout Eastern Europe and the Balkans. In some parts of the Balkans this kind of ...
The National Museum of Banat (Romanian: Muzeul Național al Banatului; abbreviated MNaB) is a museum in Timișoara, Romania, headquartered in Huniade Castle.It was founded in 1872 by the Society of History and Archeology of Banat (Romanian: Societatea de Istorie și Arheologie din Banat) on the initiative of the prefect of the then Temes County Zsigmond Ormós [].
The Banat dialect (subdialectul / graiul bănățean) is one of the dialects of the Romanian language (Daco-Romanian). Its geographic distribution extends over the Romanian Banat and parts of the Serbian Banat, but also in parts of the Timok Valley of Serbia. The Banat dialect is a member of the northern grouping of Romanian dialects, along ...
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Novac was born into a family of musicians in the village of Var in Severin County in the Kingdom of Romania. He played multiple instruments, such as the clarinet, bagpipe, saxophone, and ocarina, but his favorite was the tárogató. He joined the Orchestrei Populare de Stat ”Lazăr Cernescu”, which was located in Caransebeș, in 1964.