Anton Pann
Anton Pann (born Antonie Pantoleon-Petroveanu, and also mentioned as Anton Pantoleon or Petrovici; 1790s—2 November 1854), was an Ottoman-born Wallachian composer, musicologist, and Romanian-language poet, also noted for his activities as a printer, translator, and schoolteacher. Pann was an influential folklorist and collector of proverbs, as well as a lexicographer and textbook author.
Works
- Literary works
- Versuri musiceşti / [Musical Lyrics]
- Culegere de proverburi sau Povestea vorbei / [Collection of Proverbs or the Story of the Word], Bucharest, 1847.
- Adiata / [Testament]
- Textbooks
- Noul Erotocrit, Sibiu, 1837. (in Romanian Cyrillic)
- Bazul teoretic şi practic al muzicii bisericeşti sau Gramatica melodică / [The Theoretical and Practical Basis of Church music or the Melodic Grammar], Bucharest, 1847
- Dialog în trei limbi, ruseşte, româneşte şi turceşte / [Dialog in Three Languages: Russian, Romanian and Turkish]
- Mică gramatică muzicală teoretică şi practică / [Concise Musical Grammar, Theoretical and Practical]
- Despre învăţătură / Anda' o siklipe' , trans. Sorin-Aurel Sandu, illustrated by Eugen Raportoru, UNICEF Romania, 2005 (in Romani).
