The distinction is both in form and essence and it arises mainly from the commercial aspect of the popular music.
Improvisation, that plays an important part in both the peasant and the lăutărească music, was completely left out.
The regime promoted its own palette of "popular stars", while authentic performers of traditional musics were totally ignored (except a very few that were able to adapt to the new requirements).
This current started in the Soviet Union[5] and spread in all the countries of the communist bloc, as it was seen as a "superior way of rendering the folklore".
Some of the most important artists of this era are Ion Dolănescu, Maria Ciobanu, Irina Loghin, Sofia Vicoveanca, Nicolae Furdui Iancu [ro] and instrumentalists like Gheorghe Zamfir, Dumitru Fărcaș and Dumitru Zamfira.