History of Music in Romania

Romania is one of the European countries with a multicultural music environment which consist active ethnic music scene. Romania also has flourishing scenes in the fields of pop music, heavy metal, hip pop and rock and roll. During in the time of the first period of the 21^st century some Europop groups/musicians like Morena (Bizu Cristina), Akcent Edward Maya, Yarabi, tom Boxer, Inna, Morandi, and Alexandra Stan gained success oversea. The traditional Romania folk music remains renowned, and some of the traditional artists have come to national and even international popularity.

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The traditional music is the ancient type of Romanian musical production, described by great strength; it’s describing source of the cultured musical production, both religious and lay. Conservation of Romanian traditional music has been assisted by huge and enduring spectator, and also many musicians who assisted to spread and further develop the traditional beat. One of such person is Gheorghe Zamfir, he is popular all over the world today, and aided promote a traditional Romanian folk instrument like panpipes.

The religious musical production, born under the influence of Byzantine music regulated to the pronunciations of the indigenous traditional music, saw a period of glory between the 15^th and 17^th centuries, when alleged schools of liturgical music established within Romanian monasteries. The western and Russian influences brought the inception of polyphony in religious music in the 18^th century, a genre established by a number of Romanian composers during the 19^th and 20^th centuries.