Cornel Țăranu

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Cornel Țăranu (born June 20, 1934 in Cluj ) is a Romanian composer and conductor.

Țăranu studied composition with Sigismund Toduță at the Cluj Music Academy from 1951 to 1957 . He then taught here, from 1970 to 1990 as an assistant, then as a professor of composition. 1966–67 he studied music theory at the Conservatoire de Paris with Nadia Boulanger and Olivier Messiaen , 1968–69 at the Darmstadt Summer Courses, analysis with György Ligeti , conducting with Bruno Maderna and drums with Christoph Caskel .

Since 1957 he has taught at the Cluj Music Academy, since 1990 as a professor. In 1968 he founded the Ars Nova orchestra there , with which he has worked as musical director and conductor ever since. Since 1990 he has been Vice-President of the Romanian Composers Union and since 1995 Director of the Modern Music Festival in Cluj-Napoca.

For his compositions he received a. a. several times the Prize of the Romanian Composers Union (1972, 1978, 1981, 1982 and 2001) and the Koussevitzky Prize . In 1993 he became an associate member of the Romanian Academy , in 2002 Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres . In addition to symphonic and other orchestral works, he composed two operas, chamber music, vocal works for choir and songs as well as several film scores.

Works

  • Trio for violin, viola and cello, 1952
  • Poem Sonata for clarinet and piano, 1954
  • Transylvanian ballad for cello and piano, 1956
  • Sonata for flute and piano, 1960
  • Sequences for string orchestra, 1960
  • Sonata Ostinato for piano, 1961
  • Contrastes I for piano, 1962
  • Sinfonia brevis , 1962
  • Three pieces for clarinet and piano, 1962–64
  • Two madrigals on texts by Attila József for female choir, 1962
  • Doina (text by Camil Baltazar ) for mixed choir, 1963
  • Horea's Oak , cantata based on a text by Leonida Neamțu for female choir and orchestra, 1963
  • Sonata for oboe and piano, 1963
  • Contrastes II for piano, 1963
  • Two madrigals on texts by Lucian Blaga for female choir, 1964
  • Two madrigals on texts by Ion Vinea for female choir, 1965
  • Symmetries , 1965
  • Incantations , 1965
  • Two madrigals for texts by Endre Ady for mixed choir, 1965–66
  • Concerto for piano and orchestra, 1966
  • Intercalations for piano and orchestra, 1967
  • Dialogues II for piano, 1967
  • Sinfonietta giocosa for string orchestra, 1968
  • Alternances , 1968
  • The Secret of Don Giovanni , Opera, 1969–70
  • Raccords for small orchestra, 1971
  • Supplex I for mixed choir, 1971
  • Cortège , cantata in memoriam Avram Iancu for mixed choir and orchestra, 1973
  • Supplex II cantata for mixed choir and small orchestra, 1974
  • Long Song for clarinet, piano and string orchestra, 1974
  • Tombeau de Verlaine (text by Stéphane Mallarmé ), 1975
  • 2nd Symphony Aulodica , 1975-76
  • Resonances I for guitar, 1977
  • Resonances II for guitar and string quartet, 1978
  • Offrandes I for flute and two percussion groups, 1978
  • Offrandes II for flute, string quartet, double bass, piano and three percussion groups, 1978
  • Cantus Transylvaniae , cantata for mixed choir and small orchestra, 1978
  • Garlands , 1979
  • Prolegomenes I for piano and string quartet, 1981
  • Prolegomenes II for piano and string orchestra, 1982
  • Sinfonietta, “Pro Juventute” for string orchestra, 1984
  • 3rd symphony "Signes" , 1984
  • Sonata for clarinet and percussion, 1985
  • Horea (text by Nichita Stănescu ) for mixed choir, 1985
  • Sonata rubato I for oboe, 1986
  • Semper ostinato I for clarinet, 1986
  • Semper ostinato II for clarinet, string quartet, double bass, piano and percussion, 1986–88
  • 4th symphony "Ritornele" , 1987
  • Sonata rubato II for oboe, piano and string orchestra, 1988
  • Sonata for double bass, 1988
  • Offrandes III for four flutes, piano and percussion, 1988
  • Testament for mixed choir, 1988
  • Solo Sonata for viola, 1990
  • Miroirs for soprano saxophone and small orchestra, 1990
  • Dedications (text by Nichita Stănescu) for bass, speaker, mixed choir and small orchestra, 1991
  • Solo Sonata for cello, 1992
  • Mosaïques for clarinet, string quartet, piano and percussion, 1992
  • Cadenze concertante for cello and small orchestra, 1993
  • Trajectoires for flute, clarinet, trombone, violin, cello and percussion, 1994
  • Crisalide for sopranino saxophone and ensemble, 1995
  • Remembering Bartók I for oboe and piano, 1995
  • Remembering Bartók II for oboe, string quartet, double bass, piano and percussion, 1995,
  • Remembering Bartók III for soprano saxophone and ensemble, 1995
  • Responsorial I for clarinets, piano and percussion, 1996
  • Responsorial II for soprano and alto saxophone, 1996
  • Antiphona for flute and orchestra, 1996
  • Responsorial III for clarinet, bassoon, violin, cello, piano and percussion, 1997
  • Wind quintet for flute, oboe, clarinet, cor anglais and bassoon, 1997
  • Siciliana Blues for piano and ensemble, 1998
  • Concerto for oboe and string orchestra, 1998
  • Cadenze per Antiphona for flute, 1998
  • Pour Georges for sopranino saxophone and tape, 1999
  • Oreste-Oedipe , Opera, 1999-2001
  • Concerto breve for flute orchestra, 2002
  • Modra rijeka - Blue River (text by Mak Dizdar ) for mixed choir, 2002

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Corneliu Dan Georgescu:  Ţăranu, Cornel. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 16 (Strata - Villoteau). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2006, ISBN 3-7618-1136-5  ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
personal data
SURNAME Țăranu, Cornel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Cluj