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Siebenbürgenlied (literally Transylvania song or Transylvania's song) is a regional anthem composed by Johann Lukas Hedwig with lyrics by Maximilian Leopold Moltke originally as a regional anthem for the Transylvanian Saxons.
The union of Transylvania with Romania was declared on 1 December [O.S. 18 November] 1918 by the assembly of the delegates of ethnic Romanians held in Alba Iulia. The Great Union Day (also called Unification Day [1]), celebrated on 1 December, is a national holiday in Romania that celebrates this event.
Map of Romania in 1919 with new regions annexed to it. Great Union Day (Romanian: Ziua Marii Uniri; also called Unification Day [1] or National Day) is a Romanian national holiday celebrated on 1 December to mark the 1918 Great Union (the unification of Transylvania, Bassarabia, and Bukovina with the Kingdom of Romania). [2]
Map of the Kingdom of Romania between 1918 and 1940 (Greater Romania) and its historical regions. In Romanian historiography, the Great Union (Romanian: Marea Unire) or Great Union of 1918 (Marea Unire din 1918) was the series of political unifications the Kingdom of Romania had with several of the Romanian historical regions, starting with Bessarabia on 27 March 1918, continuing with Bukovina ...
The Second Vienna Award of 30 August, which caused the loss of Northern Transylvania, caused great consternation among the Romanian public. Its author is unknown, although it is thought to have been a contemporary soldier. [1] [2] It is recorded that demobilized soldiers from Northern Transylvania went to Șiria and sang the first stanza of the ...
Bartók and Kodály collected many folk songs from Transylvania early in the 20th century. Kodály's Székelyfonó (The Spinning Room) uses folk tunes from the area. In our days, Deep Forest included folk songs from Transylvania on their albums. Violin, kontra and double bass, sometimes with a cimbalom, are the most integral ensemble unit.
The Jewish community, which was the first in Transylvania, was established in the 14th century. [32] A community was officially founded by permission of Prince Gabriel Bethlen in 1623. [32] The 18th century saw an influx of Ashkenazim from Hungary and Wallachia, as well as Sephardim. From 1754 to 1868, the town rabbi was the chief rabbi of ...
Melodies are sometimes repeated in differing songs and typically follow a descending pattern. Regional styles of doina: Ca pe luncă - found along the southern Danube; De codru - codru means "forest" Hora lungă - means "long dance", from the region of Maramureș, Transylvania; Klezmer - originally played by Jewish musicians from Bessarabia and ...