Aurel Stroe

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Aurel Stroe (born May 5, 1932 in Bucharest ; † October 3, 2008 in Mannheim ) was a Romanian composer and music teacher.

Life

Aurel Stroe studied composition and musicology at the Bucharest University of Music . Between 1966 and 1969 he took part in the Darmstadt summer courses . In 1968 he studied computer composition and electro-acoustic music in the USA. He taught instrumentology and orchestration at the Bucharest University of Music until 1975 and then headed a composition class until 1985.

From 1972 to 1973 he stayed in Berlin at the invitation of the German Academic Exchange Service . After being invited to the University of Illinois in 1985, he did not return to Romania, but settled in Mannheim. In 1988 he and his wife Angelika Kohli founded a cycle of symposia for new music at the Free University for Anthroposophical Education .

In 1992 Stroe founded annual summer courses for composers in the Carpathian Mountains, and since 1993 he has been Professor of Composition at the Bucharest University of Music. His students include Liana Alexandra , Maia Ciobanu , Horia Rațiu , Șerban Nichifor , Gabriel Vladescu , Carmen Stoianov , Petru Stoianov , Adrian Borza , George Draga , Smaranda Oțeanu-Bunea , Fred Popovici and Violeta Dinescu .

Stroe was awarded the Herder Prize and the Grand Prize of the Bucharest Composers' Union , among others .

Works

  • Miniatures for piano , 1947
  • Songs for soprano and piano based on verses by Tudor Arghezi , 1948–49
  • Concerto for string instruments , 1951, 1956
  • Allegro barbaro for piano, 1952
  • 1st piano sonata , 1955
  • Two songs on verse by Mihai Eminescu , 1955
  • The face of peace , cantata on verses by Paul Éluard , 1959
  • Monumentum I for a small orchestra and male choir, 1960–61
  • Arcades for large orchestra and three Ondes Martenot. 1962-63
  • Armonia for wood and brass instruments, 1963
  • Musique de concert for piano solo, brass and percussion, 1963–65
  • Only through time, time is concord for baritone, four basses, organ and percussion instruments on verse by TS Eliot , 1966
  • Laudes I for 28 strings, 1966
  • Two epitaphs on verses by Ion Caraion , 1966
  • Canto I for large orchestra, 1967
  • Laudes II for large orchestra and two Ondes Martenot, 1966–68
  • The Nobel Prize is not awarded , opera, libretto by Paul Sterian , 1969
  • Rever, c'est desangrener le temps superposes for clarinet, violoncello and harpsichord, 1970
  • Canto II for twelve groups of instruments and two ones martenot, 1967
  • Ritual act without an object , workshop for the opera “The Nobel Prize is Not Awarded”, 1970
  • String Quartet , 1972
  • Aristophanes. La Paix , opera, libretto by A. Stroe and Paul Sterian, 1972–73
  • Concerto for clarinet and orchestra, 1974–75
  • The Coephores - the donation of the dead , opera, 2nd part of the trilogy of the closed city (a new Oresty) , 1974-77
  • Piano piece , 1977
  • Two pastorals for organ and harpsichord, 1978
  • Pe drumul către focurile cerești (On the way to high fires ) for viola, 1979
  • The Daughters of the Sun , piece for guitar, 1979, 1992
  • Agamemnon - Murder in the Closed City , opera, Part 1 of the Trilogy of the Closed City (a new Oresty) , 1979–81
  • Monumentum II for voice, double bass, percussion instruments, 1982
  • Brass quintet , 1982
  • 2nd piano sonata , 1984
  • Anamorphoses canoniques for flute (piccolo, bass and flute with slide ), Bb clarinet, clavichord, trombone, violoncello and tape, 1984
  • Quintandres for winds, 1984
  • Nocturne for voice, clarinet, percussion instruments and harp, text by Antonin Artau , 1984
  • The Eumenids - an open city , opera, 3rd part of the trilogy of the closed city (a new oresty) , 1985
  • Sonata for saxophone and percussion instruments, 1986
  • JS Bach - Sound Introspection , a paradoxical orchestration of the fourteen canons on the fundamental notes of the Goldberg Variations, 1986–87
  • Four Morgenstern songs for voice, saxophone and percussion, 1987
  • The World Opera Council based on a libretto by Vladimir Soloviov , 1988
  • Saxtuor with Kientzy , 1989
  • Spiralen, Ludus funebris Johannii Coltrane in memoriam for female voice, two pianos, basset horn in F, synthesizer and violoncello, 1989
  • The garden of structures for percussion instruments, 1989
  • The lonely, the child , dramatic interlude based on Marina Tsvetaeva for five musicians, 1989
  • Alpha for four saxophones, 1989
  • Capricci et Ragas , Concerto for Violin and Soloist Ensemble, 1990
  • 3rd piano sonata , 1991
  • Chorales et comptines for small chamber choir, four trombones and saxophone solo, 1992
  • Prairie, Prières for saxophone and large orchestra, 1992–93
  • Mozart Sound Introspection , string trio, 1994
  • Ciaccona con alcune licenze for large orchestra, 1995
  • Mandala with a Crucifixus by Antonio Lotti for chamber choir and large orchestra, 1997
  • Humoreska for oboe, clarinet, piano, violin, violoncello, percussion instruments, 1997
  • Préludes lyriques for ensemble, 1997–98
  • Concert for accordion and ensemble, 2001
  • Carillons et echos for orchestra, 2002
  • Accords et comptines for orchestra, 2003
  • Fantasia quasi una sonata for violoncello, piano, organ, 2005
  • Polifonie, heterophonie for three clarinets and viola, 2006

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personal data
SURNAME Stroe, Aurel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Bucharest
DATE OF DEATH October 3, 2008
Place of death Mannheim , Germany