ROMANIAN MUSICAL FOLKLORE AS A CULTURAL SYSTEM IN CONTEMPORANEITY

Abstract

The area of the concept of folklore was not clarified until very late, because the very etymology of the word implies a wide range of fact sand phenomena of popular culture.In Romanian culture, the moment 1848is part of this romantic movement, but it will also have other connotations:the increase of interest in the militant ideas of social and national emancipation, the role of the people in shaping national history and culture. Alecu Russo, in this context, proposes as a unique solution, the regeneration of modern Romanian culture on a folkloric basis.