Dr Szabolcs Márton is organist and choir director at St Michael’s Roman-Catholic parish, in Cluj. He also teaches Gregorian music at the Faculty of Roman-Catholic Theology, UBB Cluj.
Research interests
Dr Szabolcs Márton is interested in the theory and performance of medieval liturgical music.
In 2023, he obtained his PhD in musicology from the “Gheorghe Dima” National Academy of Music in Cluj. His PhD, written under the supervision of Prof. Elena Șorban, is entitled Medieval Musical Manuscripts from Transylvania: History, Contents, Directing.
His postdoctoral projects include editions and studies of two medieval graduals from Cluj kept at the Batthyaneum Library, in Alba Iulia.
Publications:
“Tapping into Unknown Musical Areas: Analysis of a Medieval Bohemian Musical Manuscript”, Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai: Series Musica 68 (2023), 233-253.
“Egy kincs a kincses városból – a Kolozsvári Graduale [A Treasure from the Treasure-City – the Cluj Gradual], in Ünneplő ember a közösségben, Baráti köszöntő kötet Nóda Mózes tiszteletére, Cluj/Budapest: Szent István Társulat/Verbum, 2019, 149-155.
“Cantate Domino canticum novum”, Keresztény Szó 30/18 (2019), 31-49.
“Musical Treasures from Cluj-Napoca”, Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai: Series Theologia Catholica Latina 62.2 (2017), 69-87.
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