DOINA☆THE ROMANIAN MYSTIC TUNE

DOINA is a mystical ,nostalgic ,mournful song-form , performed with varying degrees of embellishment and melisma.
DOINA originates in the Carpathian-Danubian area of ancient Dacia.
DOINA is the tune of the lonely shepherd,the lament of the grieving mother,the howl of the wounded soldier,the remorse of the outlaw,the relief of the aging man,the confort of the orphan,the regret of the departed son,the sigh of the longing lover,the song of the sensitive heart,the prayer of a devotional soul.
DOINA is a sad lyrical chant in the form of a free rhythm and spontaneous improvisation.
DOINA is a folk elegy that often makes references to nature in order to symbolicaly mirror the life in general or in particular.
DOINA is poetic and often melancholic.
DOINA is mostly about the feeling of "Dor,'' expressing intense longing.
DOINA becomes a PRICEASNA when it praises and worships The Maker of Heaven and earth.
DOINA can be considered the sister of the Ballad and the cousin of Romantza, another nostalgic song .
DOINA is a long, slow-paced, polyphonic arrangement which can be done with voice modulation or with musical instrumenation.
DOINA belongs to the treasury of world art creations being protected by UNESCO as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
DOINA is an archaic,expressive folk song- form of the earliest Wallachians but is still an inseparable part of the present day music of Romania and may be considered a futuristic musical style to accompany a Star Trek journey.
DOINA is yet eternal because it is a song of the undying soul.
DOINA's melodic frequencies, its magic sounds, are considered to be beneficial for the biochemistry and the affective states of the human mind and therefore is successfuly used in music therapy.
DOINA , this extremely sensitive and wonderful song-form, combines the human cry with the howl of the lonely wolf.
DOINA's sound arrangments may increase the susceptibility of hypnotic mental states up to 20-30%.
DOINA is also a Romanian girl's name meaning Sweet Folk Song.
DOINA is just another way of saying Romania.

Dimitrie Cantemir mentions "Doina" in his "Descriptio Moldaviae" among a series of old pre-Christian (Dacian) deities, persistent in popular oral tradition, noticing that "Doina, Doina" is a starting phrase incantation in many folk songs.
Some examples of Doina based on location,subject or instrumentation:
Doina Romaneasca
Doina Ciobaneasca
Doina Pastoreasca
Doina Haiduceasca
Doina Oltului
Doina Muresului
Doina Banateana
Doina Ardeleneasca
Doina Munteneasca
Doina Moldoveneasca
Doina Din Bucovina
Doina Din Maramures
Doina De Jale
Doina De Dragoste
Doina De Leagan
Doina De Codru
Doina De Pahar
Doina Din Tulnic
Doina Din Caval
Doina La Fluier
Doina La Frunza
Doina Klezmer
Some explanations:
e codru - codru means "forest"
Haiducesti - haiduc means "outlaw" or "brigand"
Hora lunga - Maramures
Klezmer - played by Jewish musicians from Bessarabia and Moldavia
Oltului - found along the Olt River
Ca din tulnic - unique type in which the melody imitates a type of Alpenhorn called the tulnic
Ciobanul - shepherd's doina
De dragoste - popular form, usually about love; dragoste means "love".
De jale - mellow, mournful doina; jale means "grief".
De leagan - a lullaby; leagan means "cradle".
De pahar - drinking song; pahar means "drinking glass".
Foaie verde - classical form; literally "green leaf".

Please enjoy listening to Doina Romaneasca!


Meditatii despre Doina:
''Suspinul doinei este ivit din sensibilitatea romanului''.
"Doina este nu numai un cantec al vremii noastre, ci mai ales glasul trecutului romanesc
jalea neamului romanesc intreg".

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