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; Chişinău: Litera, 1998; Craiova: Scrisul românesc, 1936; 2002.
- Spitalul amorului sau Cântătorul dorului, Bucharest, 1852.
- 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, 1846.
- 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)
Literature
- G. Dem. Teodorescu, Operele lui Anton Pann: recensiune bibliografică, Bucharest: Editura Librărieĭ Socecǔ & Comp., 1891.
- G. Dem Teodorescu, Viaţa şi activitatea lui Anton Pann, Editura Gutemberg, 1893.
- Paul Cornea, Anton Pann, Bucharest: ELU, 1964.
- Ilie Dan, Anton Pann, Bucharest: Albatros, 1989.
- Pr. Grigorie Băbuş, Bibliografia tipăriturilor psaltice ale lui Anton Pann, Bucharest: Editura Cristiana, 2002.
- Constantin Mohanu, Anton Pann – între spiritul balcanic şi mirajul Europei, Bucharest: Editura Ager, 2005.
- Pr. dr. Zaharia Matei, Profesorul, protopsaltul și compozitorul Anton Pann, Bucharest: Editura Basilica, 2014.
