27 April 1947 – ATANASIE LEPOVAN, professor, conductor, composer, religious singer, passed away in Timișoara

27 April 1947 – ATANASIE LEPOVAN, professor, conductor, composer, religious singer, passed away in Timișoara. Gymnasium studies at Sântana and high studies at “Preparanderia” (pedagogical school) of Arad (1888 – 1892). Teacher in the communes of Toracul Mic (1892 – 1894), Comloșul Bănățean (1894 – 1896) and Sânnicolaul Mare (1910 – 1918), school deputy inspector in Arad 181919 – 1922) and professor of religious music at the Theological Academy of Arad (1922 – 1938). He collected musical folklore of Banat. Works: Collection of Religious Chants (1906); Book of Religious, Funeral and Chants, and Carols, arranged for one or two voices based on the old religious melodies (1914); the eight church voices arranged on linear notes according to the old tunes used in Banat and Crișana (1926 and 1936).