Pascal Bentoiu (22 April 1927 – 21 February 2016) was a

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composer.

Life and career

Bentoiu studied harmony, counterpoint and

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with

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and piano with Theophil Demetriescu. He spent three years researching the

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and harmony of

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at the

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Folklore Institute and then began composing for the stage. His

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s are written with dramatic flair and make use of a variety of elements, including folksong, tape, serialism and diatonic qualities. His instrumental and orchestral works also contain a variety of contemporary techniques, and Bentoiu's work is characterized by its color and lyricism. He has edited the sketches of the Fourth (1934) and Fifth (1941) Symphonies of Georges Enescu into shape for performance. (There is a recording of both realizations from a 1998 festival.) In 1949, he married Annie Deculescu. Bentoiu died in Bucharest on 21 February 2016 at the age of 88.

Compositions

Orchestral

* Symphony nr. 1, op.16 (1965) * Symphony nr. 2, op.20 (1974) * Symphony nr. 3, op.22 (1976) * Symphony nr. 4, op.25 (1978) * Symphony nr. 5, op.26 (1979) * Symphony nr. 6 "Culori”, op.28 (1985) * Symphony nr. 7 "Volume”, op.29 (1986) * Symphony nr. 8 "Imagini”, op.30 (1987) * "Eminesciana III", Orchestra Concerto, op. 23 (1976) * Symphonic Poem "Luceafărul”, op. 7, on

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(1957) * Symphonic Suite "Images from Bucharest”, op. 10 (1959) * "Ardelenească" Suite, op. 6 (1955) * Concert Ouverture, op. 2 (1948) * Piano Concerto nr. 1, op. 5 (1954) * Piano Concerto nr. 2, op. 12 (1960) * Violin Concerto, op. 9 (1958) * Cello Concerto, op. 31 (1989)

Theatre

* Nunta lui Figaro (Beaumarchais) * Fântâna Blanduziei (Alecsandri) * Femeia îndărătnică (Shakespeare); de același author ''Doi domni din Verona'', ''Romeo și Julieta'', ''Poveste de iarnă'', ''Hamlet'', ''Visul unei nopți de vară'' precum și pentru alte piese, de alți autori ( Eschil, Euripide, Camus, Rostand ș.a.)

Chamber music

* Piano Sonata, op. 1 (1947, rev. in 1957) * Piano and Violin Sonata op. 14 (1962) * String Quartet nr. 1, op. 3 (1953) * String Quartet nr. 2 „al consonanțelor”, op. 19, (1973) * String Quartet nr. 3, op. 27a (1981) * String Quartet nr. 4, op. 27b (1981) * String Quartet nr. 5, op. 27c (1982) * String Quartet nr. 6, op. 27d (1982)

Songs

* „Patru cântece pe versuri de Șt.O. Iosif”, op. 4 (1953) * Trei sonete (

), op. 8 (1958) * Cinci cântece (

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), op. 11 (1959) * Patru cântece (

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), op. 13 (1961) * „Flăcări negre” ( Alexandru Miran), op. 21 (1974) * „Incandescențe” ( Alexandru Miran), op. 24 (1977) * „Gelozie” (

George Topîrceanu George Topîrceanu (; March 20, 1886 – May 7, 1937) was a Romanian poet, short story writer, and humourist. Biography He was born in Bucharest, the son of Ion Topîrceanu, a furrier and his wife, Paraschiva (née Cosma), a carpet weaver. Th ...

)

Writings

* ''Imagine și sens'' (1971, ed. 2/1973, French version 1979) * ''Deschideri spre lumea muzicii '' (1973) * ''Gândirea muzicală'' (1975) * ''Capodopere enesciene'' (1984), English translation by Lory Wallfisch, as ''Masterworks of George Enescu: A Detailed Analysis'' (2010) * ''Breviar enescian'' (2005) * ''Opt simfonii și un poem'' (2007)

References

* Cosma, V. (2005). ''Enciclopedia muzicii românești'', vol. 1 (A-B). București: Ed. „Arc 2000”. * Bentoiu, P. (2007). ''Opt simfonii și un poem''. București: Ed. Universității Naționale de Muzică. * Radu, S. (2008). ''În jurul lui Pascal Bentoiu''. vol.1 Sonatele cu pian, vol.2 Liedurile, București: Ed. Universității Naționale de Muzică. * Manoleanu, R. (2008). ''Paradigme ludice în muzica românească''. București: Ed. Universității Naționale de Muzică. * Rotărescu, E. (2010). ''Creația concertantă a lui Pascal Bentoiu'', București: Ed. Universității Naționale de Muzică.

References

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Biographical data from UCMR (Romanian Union of Composers and Musicologists)
1927 births 2016 deaths 20th-century classical composers Male classical composers Male opera composers Musicians from Bucharest Romanian classical composers Romanian musicologists Romanian opera composers Enescu Prize winners 20th-century male musicians {{Romania-composer-stub