Alfred Mendelsohn
Alfred Mendelsohn (born February 17, 1910 in Bucharest ; † May 9, 1966 there ) was a Romanian composer .
life and work
Mendelsohn studied from 1927 to 1931 at the Music Academy in Vienna with Joseph Marx and Franz Schmidt and at the Conservatory in Bucharest with Mihail Jora . From 1944 to 1963 he was a conductor at the Opera Națională Bucureşti , and since 1949 he has taught as a professor of counterpoint at the Conservatory.
He composed several operas and ballets, eight symphonies and a dramatic symphony in seven pictures , a symphonic poem, a suite for strings, a cello concerto, two violin and two piano concertos, chamber music works, oratorios, cantatas, plays and film music, choral works and songs.
Operas
- Imnul iubirii ( love hymn after Ivan Turgenev ), opera, 1946
- Harap Alb ( The White Moor by Alexandru Jar after Ion Creangă ), ballet, 1948
- Meșterul Manole ( Master Manole according to a popular legend), Opera, 1949
- Călin (by Tilde Urseanu after Mihai Eminescu ), ballet, 1956
- Anton Pann (Libretto: Ion Roman and Radu Albala ), operetta, 1961
- Michelangelo (own libretto after Alexandru Kirițescu ), opera, 1964
- Spinoza (Libretto: Paul Sterian ), opera, 1966
source
- Alfred Baumgartner: Propylaea world of music. The Composers, Vol. 4 . Propylaen-Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-549-07834-X , p. 7.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Mendelsohn, Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bucharest |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 9, 1966 |
| Place of death | Bucharest |