Cornelia Tăutu (10 March 1938 – 24 March 2019) was a
Romanian
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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 ...
best known for
film soundtrack
A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack o ...
s.
Works
Tăutu has written works including:
*''Divertisment folcloric''
*''Coralia'' for children's chorus and orchestra
*''Rota'' for
chamber ensemble
*''De Doi'' (The Two) for
viola
The viola ( , also , ) is a string instrument that is bow (music), bowed, plucked, or played with varying techniques. Slightly larger than a violin, it has a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of ...
and
cello
The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...
(1994)
Her music has been recorded and issued on CD including:
*''Romanian Women Composers 2'', Musica Nova and the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation, 2006
*''MARIN CONSTANTIN'', Electrecord
*''Romania Today'' (June 30, 1998) by Dinescu, Dediu, Stroe, Brumariu, et al., Pro Viva (Ger), ASIN: B000007TAJ
Filmography
Tăutu has composed music for films including:
*1992 ''Ramînerea''
*1988 ''Drumet în calea lupilor''
*1988 ''The Moromete Family''
*1987 ''Cetatea ascunsa''
*1987 ''Zloty pociag''
*1983 ''Caruta cu mere''
*1983 ''Impossible Love''
*1980 ''Dumbrava minunata''
*1978 ''Actiunea Autobuzul''
*1978 ''Buzduganul cu trei peceti''
*1978 ''Together Again''
*1975 ''Patima''
References
1938 births
2019 deaths
20th-century classical composers
Romanian classical composers
Women classical composers
20th-century women composers
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