PAN FLUTE: THE MESSENGER OF THE ROMANIAN MUSICAL ETHOS ON MAPAMOND

Abstract

Considered one of the oldest musical instruments on the globe, the naiul surprises with a complex evolution. In the second half of the 20th century, this "divine" instrument, as Gheorghe Zamfir calls it, became the messenger of the Romanian spirit, a banner of Romanianism, a way of representing Romania through sound. The origin may be lost in the mists of time, but those who gave it life and united their breath with it, remained in the history of world music. I liked to consider Anghelus Dinicu, the composer of the famous song "Ciocârlia", a work that closes the folklore concerts of popular orchestras but also the recitals of some followers of the naiului cult, priest of a temple where the sacerdotal robe is the Romanian folk costume.