TO THE RIVER OF BABYLON AND THE DOORS OF REPENTANCE PRAYERS FROM THE VESPERS AND MATINS HYMNS CYCLE BY M. BEREZOVSCHI -EXAMPLES OF APPROACHING THE CREATIONS OF OTHER COMPOSERS

Abstract

In this article are analysed two prayers which are performed in church in the Triodion period – „To the river of Baby­lon” prayer and „The Doors of Repentance” prayer from „The Vespers and Matins Hymns” a cycle by Mihail Berezovschi. The author shows the way in which the Bessarabian composer approached the creations of two composers of slavonic tradi­tion- V. Krupiţki and A. Vedel, determining the degree of involvement in the original scores and the changes conferred to the two prayers, at the same time, succeeding to establish the meaning that lies hidden behind the indications of the Bessarabian composer „aranjat” for „To the River of Babylon” prayer versus the „aranjat şi apus” remark for „he Doors of Repentance” prayer. he author of this article realizes a comparative analysis between the two prayers, revealing the content of the text and its musical treatment, the texture features, the harmonic peculiarities, implicitly the degree of popularity and their viability.

Keywords

• Mihail Berezovschi
• slavonic tradition composers
• church music
• coral music
• original creations
• arrangement