Noroc
Encyclopedia
Noroc is a music
group
from Moldova
, created in 1967 by Mihai Dolgan
.
after the release of their first album in 1968 which included the following songs:
In 1970, "Noroc" won the "public sympathy" prize at the "Bratislava Lyra" festival
. Later the same year, after a tour of the Ukraine, "Noroc" was banned as a result of a direct order by Ivan Bodiul
, Chief Secretary of the Communist Party
of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, due to "lack of discipline", "promotion of artistic values of poor quality", and "lack of healthy ideological orientation". Between the years 1974-1985 the band was reorganized by Mihai Dolgan under the name "Contemporanul". After 1985, "Contemporanul" reverted to the original name "Noroc". Since 1989 up to Mihai Dolgan's death in 2008, "Noroc"'s permanent vocalists were: Lidia Botezatu, Radu Dolgan, Mihai Dolgan.
The word "noroc" means luck in the Romanian language
. This word is also used as a greeting. "Noroc" is also said while clinking glasses (the Romanian equivalent of "cheers").
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
group
Band (music)
In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...
from Moldova
Moldova
Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...
, created in 1967 by Mihai Dolgan
Mihai Dolgan
Mihai Dolgan was a singer and composer from Moldova. In 1967 he set up the Noroc, which became one of the most famous bands in the Soviet Union.-Biography:...
.
History
"Noroc" became very popular in the USSRafter the release of their first album in 1968 which included the following songs:
- "De ce plâng chitarele" (music: Mihai Dolgan; lyrics: Efim Crimerman)
- "Cântă un artist" (music: Mihai Dolgan; lyrics: Efim Crimerman)
In 1970, "Noroc" won the "public sympathy" prize at the "Bratislava Lyra" festival
. Later the same year, after a tour of the Ukraine, "Noroc" was banned as a result of a direct order by Ivan Bodiul
Ivan Bodiul
Ivan Ivanovich Bodiul was a Moldovan SSR politician.- Biography :Ivan Ivanovich Bodiul was born on 3 January 1918, in Alexandrovca, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine...
, Chief Secretary of the Communist Party
Communist Party of Moldova
The Communist Party of Moldova was one of the fourteen republic-level parties that formed the Communist Party of the Soviet Union until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. Indeed, the PCM was the republic-level chapter of the CPSU in the Moldavian SSR from 1940 to 1991...
of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, due to "lack of discipline", "promotion of artistic values of poor quality", and "lack of healthy ideological orientation". Between the years 1974-1985 the band was reorganized by Mihai Dolgan under the name "Contemporanul". After 1985, "Contemporanul" reverted to the original name "Noroc". Since 1989 up to Mihai Dolgan's death in 2008, "Noroc"'s permanent vocalists were: Lidia Botezatu, Radu Dolgan, Mihai Dolgan.
The word "noroc" means luck in the Romanian language
Romanian language
Romanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...
. This word is also used as a greeting. "Noroc" is also said while clinking glasses (the Romanian equivalent of "cheers").