<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Due to historical developments, Evangelical church music in Transylvania has changed significantly in recent decades. Major events that had an impact on this development are the establishment of the communist regime in Romania and the mass exodus of German-speaking Evangelical congregation members from most Transylvanian towns and villages. This poses a challenge for the Evangelical Church, who has to conserve and maintain largely unused and empty churches, as well as their assets, such as organs, sheet music, and other musical paraphernalia. However, the changed situation also has its benefits, since it requires an opening of the small Evangelical Church toward others. Music is particularly useful medium for this opening towards the non-Evangelical world, as it is not language-bound.</p></abstract>

Due to historical developments, Evangelical church music in Transylvania has changed significantly in recent decades. Major events that had an impact on this development are the establishment of the communist regime in Romania and the mass exodus of German-speaking Evangelical congregation members from most Transylvanian towns and villages. This poses a challenge for the Evangelical Church, who has to conserve and maintain largely unused and empty churches, as well as their assets, such as organs, sheet music, and other musical paraphernalia. However, the changed situation also has its benefits, since it requires an opening of the small Evangelical Church toward others. Music is particularly useful medium for this opening towards the non-Evangelical world, as it is not language-bound.

At the Point of Intersection between East and West: Lutheran Church Music in Transylvania

Prof. dr. Ursula Philippi, Professorin für künstlerisches Orgelspiel an der Staatlichen Musikhochschule Gheorghe Dima, Cluj (Klausenburg), Rumänien. Adresse: str. Morii 984 Ro 507165 Prejmer, judetul Brasov, Rumänien

Review of Ecumenical Studies Sibiu

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An der Schnittstelle zwischen Ost und West Evangelische Kirchenmusik in Siebenbürgen

Due to historical developments, Evangelical church music in Transylvania has changed significantly in recent decades. Major events that had an impact on this...

At the Point of Intersection between East and West: Lutheran Church Music in Transylvania

Published Online: Jan 06, 2016

Page range: 441 - 446

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ress-2015-0032

Keywords
Past, Present and Future of Evangelical church-music in Transylvania, Evangelical Church, organs, historical development, chances, adaptation

© 2015 Ursula Philippi, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

At the Point of Intersection between East and West: Lutheran Church Music in Transylvania

Published Online: Jan 06, 2016

Page range: 441 - 446

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ress-2015-0032

KeywordsPast, Present and Future of Evangelical church-music in Transylvania, Evangelical Church, organs, historical development, chances, adaptation

© 2015 Ursula Philippi, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Past, Present and Future of Evangelical church-music in Transylvania, Evangelical Church, organs, historical development, chances, adaptation