Ciprian Porumbescu și lupta pentru emancipare națională a Bucovinei

The study focuses on the Romanian Bukovinian composer Ciprian Porumbescu, insisting not on the musical work, but on his efforts for the cultural and national emancipation of the province found during his studies within the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Enrolled at the Theological Institute in Chernivtsi, he became a student of the new university in 1875 and also an active and enthusiastic member of the student society „Arboroasa”, being its president at the dissolution by the authorities. The „Arboroasa” trial aroused a huge interest from the Romanians from Bukovina and throughout the Romanian space, the acquittal of its leaders hitting the interests of the imperial government. A new academic society was born - „Junimea”, with Ciprian Porumbescu as secretary and Dimitrie Onciul as president. Arriving in Vienna, he puts his talent and experience at the service of the „Romania Juna” society. The premature death ended a struggle for an ideal that he could not see fulfilled.