Alfred Mendelsohn (17 February 1910 – 9 May 1966) was a

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

. Mendelsohn studied from 1927 to 1931 at the Music Academy in Vienna with

Joseph Marx Joseph Rupert Rudolf Marx (11 May 1882 – 3 September 1964) was an Austrian composer, teacher and critic. Life and career Marx was born in Graz and pursued studies in philosophy, art history, German studies, and music at Graz University, earni ...

and Franz Schmidt and the Conservatory in Bucharest at

Mihail Jora Mihail Jora (; 2 August 1891, Roman, Romania - 10 May 1971, Bucharest, Romania) was a Romanian composer, pianist, and conductor. Jora studied in Leipzig with Robert Teichmüller. From 1929 to 1962 he was a professor at the Bucharest Conservatoir ...

. From 1944 to 1963 he was conductor at the Romanian National Opera, 1949, he taught as professor of counterpoint at the Conservatory. He composed several operas and ballets, eight symphonies and a dramatic symphony in seven scenes, a symphonic poem, a string suite, a cello concerto, two violin concertos, two piano concertos, chamber works, oratorios, cantatas, drama and film music, choral works and songs.

Selected Compositions

;Stage * ''Imnul iubirii'' (Love Anthem), opera (1946); libretto after Ivan Turgenev * ''Harap Alb'' (The White Moor of Alexandru Jar by Ion Creanga), ballet (1948) * ''Meşterul Manole'' (Master Manole), opera (1949); after a popular legend * ''Călin'', ballet (1956); choreography by Tildei Urseanu to Mihail Eminescu Urseanu * ''Anton Pann'', operetta (1961); libretto by Ion Roman and Radu Albala * ''Michelangelo'', opera (1964); libretto by the composer after Alexandru Kiriţescu * ''Spinoza'', opera (1966); libretto by Paul Sterian * ''Cântec pentru Stalin'' (Song for Stalin), ode (1950) * ''Glasul lui Lenin'' (Lenin's voice), cantata (1957) ;Concertante * Concerto for viola and orchestra (1965) ;Chamber music * ''Petite Suite'' for viola solo (1933) * Suite for cello solo (1960) * Partita (Prelude and Fugue) for violin solo

References

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