Research of the Musical Folklore From Maramureș: Chioar Area

*Uță Larisa-Vasilica*

#### **Abstract**

Through this study we want to "bring to light" a small part of the beautiful folklore of the Chioar Country, one of the four areas of Maramureș County. Before starting a serious research in the area, we wanted to know first the material that was collected and has not been transcribed or published until now. Thus, we manage to exploit a number of 450 songs, belonging to the neocational lyrics from Chioar, existing in the Folklore Archive Institute of the Romanian Academy in Cluj-Napoca, materialized in unique transcripts, to be gathered in a collection of vocal songs. Through the transcripts we have made, we want to highlight, first of all, the stylistic features of the area but also a musical typological classification of the songs.

**Keywords:** Chioar area, stylistic features, unique repertoire, typological classification
