Abstract

Tudor Jarda is well-known and loved for the particular charm of his choral works; perhaps it would be almost impossible to find a musician educated in Cluj who has not sung his choral pieces. Five years from the maestro's passing we are approaching a special work dedicated to the art of choreography, a suite of Transylvanian songs and dances, where the harmonious stage movement blends with the perfect leading of the voices in symphonic orchestral style with folk touches, creating a ballet performance that invokes the great poet Mihai Eminescu: a maturity work, Luceafărul de Ziuă (The Morning Star), composed in 1965 and based on a ballad from Maramureş. The author of this paper wishes to thank the Romanian Opera House of Cluj-Napoca for the materials (score, concert programmes and photos from the performances) and to the Music Academy’s Recording Studio team for providing the audio and video recordings.

Keywords: Tudor Jarda, ballad from Maramureş, The Black Evening Star, "ballet with chorus"

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