For more than a decade, musicologist Constantin Tufan-Stan has abundantly answered this question in well prepared editions, volumes and studies dedicated to the musicians and cultural life of Banat, bringing to the attention of his contemporaries events, institutions or personalities whose names had often been unjustly forgotten. Every year since 2003, at least one book – be it a monograph or a shorter text – signed by the distinguished professor from Lugoj, has added a new chapter to the music history of Banat (during this period he has published 12 volumes of his own writings, two others as co-author and over 100 studies). In the autumn of this year, Constantin-Tufan Stan completed what he himself calls “an exciting musicological adventure” (p. 13), reconstructing the biography and outlining the artistic profile of Liviu Tempea (1870-1946) – whose 145^th birth anniversary was celebrated recently –, a musician originating from Lugoj and one of the first teaching staff members of the Cluj Conservatory.

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