Skemonk Nectarie of the Romanian Monastery of Prodromu at Mount Athos on the Centenary of His Death

A study of monographic proportions and depth, Skemonk Nectarie of the Romanian Monastery of Prodromu at Mount Athos on the Centenary of His Death presents the results of the work undertaken by the author to bring to light the work and creative activities of Romania's most important creator and performer of byzantine chant, the one whom his Greek brothers at Mount Athos called "the second Cucuzeles", "the nightingale of the Holy Mount" or "the protopsalt of all protopsalts". Biographical background and historical details to that 19th century so rich in events for the advancement of religious life and music of the Romanians are fused into a comprehensive account completed by a possibly exhaustive catalogue of skemonk Nectarie's works, most of which can be consulted only at Mount Athos.

Sebastian Barbu-Bucur