Abstract

This article provides a synthetic review of research on the psaltic music schools in 19th-century Bucharest, including the teaching programs and orientations that marked monodic church singing in the capital of Wallachia. Drawing on unpublished archival documents, this paper also attempts to highlight the musical and ecclesiastical personalities who have perfected the teaching of this art during the early stage of modernization of the Romanian society.

Keywords: psaltic music, schools for church singers, choir chanting, Chrysanthine notation, psaltic music books

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