Dan Voiculescu (musician)
Dan-Alexandru Voiculescu (* 1940 ; † 2009 ) was a Romanian composer, doctorate in musicology (1983) and professor of counterpoint and composition at the Music Academy in Cluj-Napoca (from 1963) and at the Music University in Bucharest (from 2000), and a member of the Association of Romanian Composers and Musicologists (from 1965).
Career
From 1958 to 1964 he attended the Gheorghe Dima Music Academy in Cluj-Napoca (Romania). In 1963 he received the piano diploma (under the direction of Magda Kardos) and in 1964 the composition diploma (under the direction of Sigismund Toduță ). In 1965 he was a member of the Union of Romanian Composers. In 1968 he studied composition with Virgilio Mortari in Venice (Italy) and from 1971 to 1972 with Karlheinz Stockhausen in Cologne (Germany). In 1972 and 1978 he attended the Darmstadt courses for new music .
From 1979 to 1991 he was the editor of Lucrari de Muzicologie (Musicological Works), published by the Gheorghe Dima Music Academy in Cluj-Napoca. In 1983 he became a doctor of musicology. In 1984 he received the George Enesco Prize from the Romanian Academy and in 1989 the Mihai Eminescu Prize. From 1972 to 2005 he received the Union of Romanian Composers' Prize seven times.
His works have been published in the Editura Muzicala, Bucharest (Romania), Editura Arpeggione, Cluj-Napoca (Romania) and the music publisher Gentner Hartmann, Trossingen (Germany).
His musicological studies fill a niche in Romanian literature: they contribute to an understanding of the polyphony of 20th century classical music. His compositions have been performed in Romania and abroad.
Works
Compositions
Symphonic
- The bald Prima Donna , comic chamber opera, based on Eugène Ionesco, 1992–1993
- Cantata for baritone, choir and orchestra, 1977
- Ostinato , Symphony, 1963
- Visions cosmiques , 1968
- Music for strings, 1971
- Pieces for orchestra, 1975
- Suite from the Codex Caioni for strings, 1996
- Inflorescences for strings, 2001
Chamber music
- Sonata brava for harpsichord
- 9 sonatas for flute solo
- Sonata for clarinet solo
- Sonata for oboe solo
- Ribattuta for viola solo, 1976
- Fiorituri for violin and piano
- about 60 songs
- 5 volumes of choral music for children
- Choir poems
For piano
- Fables
- Dialogue
- sonata
- Croquis
- Sonorous
- Spirals
- Toccata for piano
- Toccata armonica
- Toccata robotica
- Toccata for one hand
- The endless book - 3 volumes with piano pieces for children
Musicological literature
- Baroque Polyphony in the Works of JS Bach , 1975
- 20th Century Polyphony , 1983 ( Polifonia secolului XX , Editura Muzicala, Bucuresti 2005) ISBN 973-42-0407-6 .
- The Bach Fugue , 1986 ( Fuga în creatia lui JS Bach , Editura Muzicala, Bucuresti 2000) ISBN 973-42-0247-2 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Voiculescu, Dan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Voiculescu, Dan-Alexandru |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian composer, musicologist and university lecturer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1940 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2009 |