Dimitrie Cantemir – Magister Musicae

Abstract

Prince Dimitrie Cantemir remains in international historiography a prominent promoter of universal culture, generating specialized research on his works. Humanist by polymath profile, Cantemir ranks in the panoply of illustrious personalities in human history, who contributed to the evolution of human culture through relevant studies in various scientific fields of his time. He becomes one of the masters of oriental musical art, writes a treatise on theory with the help of which his disciples and later those interested in this field can deepen their knowledge. To the same end, he invents a graphic system of musical writing used in the notation of his own compositions, those of some of his contemporaries and predecessors. He crowned this work with a collection of sound creations specific to the music of the cult of the time. With his treatise on music and the collection appended to it, the Moldavian prince succeeded in establishing himself in a cultural space prolific in professionals in the art of sound. This personal development projected him as a guarantor of quality. It is for this reason that works attributed to him appeared after his departure from Constantinople, a phenomenon that was also common some time after his death. For this reason, works appear after his departure from Constantinople, which are attributed to him, a phenomenon also found some time after his death. Researchers in various branches of science, such as geography, political science, musicology, history, history, philosophy and so on, continue to seek to delve deeper into the works of Cantemius, and this is still a promising field of work.