THEODOR GRIGORIU’S ORATORIO “CANTI PER EUROPA”

Abstract

Theodor Grigoriu’s oratorio Canti per Europa has four parts called frescos, it is based on a libretto containing verses of several poets from various times and spaces and it musically renders the antagonism from the creative and the destructive capacity of Europe. The creative impulse can be found in the image of a huge crater, where Dresden Opera House used to be before being destroyed by the bombings. The methods of analysis – historical, systematical etc. – had their main purpose the enhancing of the complex thorough musical writing.