International
Musicological Conference
27-28 October 2022
THE CONTROL OF MUSIC.
Effects and consequences of the institution of censorship
on music culture and education in Europe
(late 19th century-1990s)
Days and dates: Thursday, October 27, 09:20–19:30
Friday, October 28, 09:00–14:30
Location: Zoom and Auditorium Hall, National University of Music Bucharest
Participants:
Oana ANDREICA, Philip Ross BULLOCK, Anja BUNZEL, Cătălin CERNĂTESCU,
Liliana COROBCA, Séamas DE BARRA, Ana DIACONU, Pauline FAIRCLOUGH,
Lavinia GHEORGHE, Nicolae GHEORGHIȚĂ, Vlad GHINEA, Desiela ION, Florin LUCHIAN,
Olguța LUPU, Ivana MEDIĆ, Melita MILIN, Andreea MITU, Costin MOISIL, Ivan MOODY,
Benedicta PAVEL, Florinela POPA, Antigona RĂDULESCU, Valentina SANDU-DEDIU,
Rūta STANEVIČIŪTĖ, Karina ȘABAC, Cristina ȘUTEU, Alex VASILIU, Laura VASILIU,
Vlad VĂIDEAN, Harry WHITE, Patrick ZUK
Thursday, October 27
Venue: National University of Music Bucharest, Auditorium Hall
Address: 33 Știrbei Vodă Street, Sector 1, 010102, Bucharest
09:20-09:30 Welcome
Nicolae GHEORGHIȚĂ, National University of Music Bucharest
09:30-11:30 Session I
Moderator: Valentina SANDU-DEDIU, New Europe College & National
University of Music Bucharest
Patrick ZUK, Durham University, UK
Censorship and music in the Soviet Union/former Eastern bloc: thoughts on
possible directions for future research
Séamas DE BARRA, Cork School of Music
The Revisionist Muse: Nationalism and Self-Censorship in Aloys
Fleischmann’s Ómós don Phiarsach / Homage to Patrick Pearse (1979)
Ivana MEDIĆ, Institute of Musicology, Serbian Academy of Sciences and
Arts
“The Marshall dropped dead”: Censorship in Yugoslav popular music
Melita MILIN, Institute of Musicology, Belgrade
Church music as a subversive force in state-socialist Yugoslavia
11:30-12:00 Coffee break
12:00-13:30 Session II
Moderator: Melita MILIN, Institute of Musicology, Belgrade
Harry WHITE, University College Dublin, Royal Irish Academy of Music
Censoring Shamus: Charles Villiers Stanford and the Politics of Irish Opera
Anja BUNZEL, Institute of Art History, Czech Academy of Sciences
Women in Nineteenth-Century Czech Musical Culture and Their
Representation in Encyclopaedias: Thoughts on Selection Processes in Music
Lexicography (and/or Musicology)
Philip Ross BULLOCK, University of Oxford, Wadham College, Oxford
“Art made tongue-tied by authority”: Censoring Soviet Song
13:30-14:30 Round Table 1
Moderator: Valentina SANDU-DEDIU, New Europe College & National
University of Music Bucharest
Ana DIACONU, National University of Music Bucharest
Emigrant composers in the C.N.S.A.S. Archives (Consiliul Naţional pentru
Studierea Arhivelor Securităţii/ National Council for the Study of the
Securitate Archive) – some researcher’s notes
Desiela ION, National University of Music Bucharest
Paul Constantinescu in the archives of C.N.S.A.S.
Benedicta PAVEL, National University of Music Bucharest
Grigore Nica: the effects of a youthful “subversive activity”
2
Lavinia GHEORGHE, National University of Music Bucharest
The influence of socialist realism on the writings of folklorists in the mid-20th
century. Case study: Mariana Kahane
Vlad GHINEA, National University of Music Bucharest
Ghostwriting, Eurasianism and Anti-Soviet Attitude in Igor Stravinsky’s
Poetics of Music
14:30-15:30 Lunch
15:30-17:30 Session III
Moderator: Philip Ross BULLOCK, University of Oxford, Wadham College,
Oxford
Rūta STANEVIČIŪTĖ, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
A Nylon Curtain. International exchanges, state control and Lithuanian music
in the Cold War era
Pauline FAIRCLOUGH, University of Bristol
What was wrong with Lady Macbeth?
Ivan MOODY, CESEM – Universidade Nova, Lisbon
Censorship and Orthodox church music
Cristina ȘUTEU, “Gheorghe Dima” National Academy of Music, Cluj-Napoca
Censorship of music and music of Censorship: the Muzica periodical between
1950-1989
17:30-18:00 Coffee break
18:00-19:30 Session IV
Moderator: Olguța LUPU, National University of Music Bucharest
Oana ANDREICA, “Gheorghe Dima” National Academy of Music,
Cluj-Napoca
Another kind of homage: Ede Terényi’s Baroque Concertos
Laura Otilia VASILIU, Florin LUCHIAN, “George Enescu” National
University of Arts, Iași
The Romanian Music Festival from Iași (1973-1988) – the political price of a
cultural performance
Alex VASILIU, “George Enescu” National University of Arts, Iași
Shostakovich battling political censorship
19:30 Dinner
Friday, October 28
Venue: National University of Music Bucharest, Auditorium Hall
Address: 33 Știrbei Vodă Street, Sector 1, 010102, Bucharest
09:00-11:00 Session V
Moderator: Oana ANDREICA, “Gheorghe Dima” National Academy of
Music, Cluj-Napoca
Liliana COROBCA, Independent researcher
The Art Department of the DGPT
3
Costin MOISIL, National University of Music Bucharest
The curious case of Gheorghe Oprea: Ethnomusicology and political control
in communist Romania
Antigona RĂDULESCU, National University of Music Bucharest
How Communist censorship affected Higher Music Education: the National
University of Music Bucharest in the 1950s
Olguța LUPU, National University of Music Bucharest
Music Textbooks – Ideologized in communist times, apparently politics-free
in post-Decembrist times
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-13:00 Session VI
Moderator: Patrick ZUK, Durham University, UK
Valentina SANDU-DEDIU, New Europe College & National University of
Music Bucharest
Keywords in Romanian post-war musicology: spirituality and ethos
Florinela POPA, National University of Music Bucharest
Control over Musicology in communist Romania. Case studies
Nicolae GHEORGHIȚĂ, National University of Music Bucharest
Guiding the People's Army Music. Mechanisms of censorship and control of
musical composition dedicated to military bands in communist Romania.
13:00-14:00 Session VII
Round Table 2
Moderator: Nicolae GHEORGHIȚĂ, National University of Music Bucharest
Andreea MITU, National University of Music Bucharest
Working the system. Musicological discourse in the era of the Cultural
Revolution in communist Romania
Vlad VĂIDEAN, National University of Music Bucharest
George Enescu, between hagiography and censorship
Karina ȘABAC, National University of Music Bucharest
Forgotten musics of the 19th century and their fate during the communist
regime in Romania. Piano scores in Romania from the time of the reign of the
Royal Family. Rediscoveries and dedications.
Cătălin CERNĂTESCU, National University of Music Bucharest
Between periphery and centrality: Byzantine musicology during communist
Romania
14:00-14:30 Conclusions and final remarks
Discussing future joint projects
Expertise and ideas of the participants are most valued
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FONDUL DE DEZVOLTARE INSTITUȚIONALĂ: CNFIS-FDI-2022-0385
UNIVERSITATEA NAȚIONALĂ DE MUZICĂ DIN BUCUREȘTI
Domeniul vizat: 6. Dezvoltarea capacității instituționale pentru cercetare în universități
TITLU PROIECT: CONTROLUL MUZICII. Efecte și consecințe ale Instituției Cenzurii asupra educației și culturii muzicale în
România celor trei dictaturi din secolul XX: carlistă, antonesciană și comunistă.
Perioada de desfășurare a proiectului: 29 martie – 16 decembrie 2022
