The Romanian traditional music is the music of the Romanian peasants. The Romanian peasant music has largely disappeared, but it can still be found in isolated villages.

            The popular music originated at the beginning at the 20th century when the first recordings were made. Traditional songs were collected and were adapted so they would have more appeal to the general public. Original compositions with motifs inspired by the traditional music (both peasant and lăutărească music) also started to appear. Some of the most important singers of popular music from this period are Maria Tănase and Maria Lătăreţu.