Zeno Vancea

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Zeno Octavian Vancea (born October 10, 1900 in Bocşa , † January 15, 1990 in Bucharest ) was a Romanian composer and musicologist.

Vancea had lessons in Lugoj from Ion Vidu and Josef Willer . He studied in Cluj with Gheorghe Dima and Augustin Bena and from 1921 to 1926 and 1931–32 at the New Vienna Conservatory , where he got to know the music of the Second Vienna School ( Arnold Schönberg , Alban Berg , Anton Webern ).

Until 1945 he was a music professor at the Timișoara Conservatory; then head of the Municipal Conservatory of Târgu Mureș. From 1952 to 1968 he was a professor at the Ciprian Porumbescu Conservatory in Bucharest and at the same time editor-in-chief of the music magazine Revistei Muzica . From 1949 to 1953 he was secretary, then until 1977 vice-president of the Romanian composers' association.

In addition to a ballet pantomime, he composed a. a. two sinfonietten, an orchestral suite, a symphonic ode, a symphonic triptych, five pieces for string orchestra, five string quartets, a psalm, a requiem, two Byzantine masses, a cantata, Banat pictures for choir and songs. He also wrote several works on Romanian music history.

Works

  • Rapsodiile bănățene nr. 1 , 1926
  • Psalmul 127 , 1927
  • Rapsodiile bănățene nr. 2 , 1928
  • Liturghia for mixed choir based on melodies from the Banat, 1928
  • Două dansuri populare for orchestra, 1931
  • Priculiciul , one-act pantomime ballet, 1931
  • Liturghia no. 2 based on melodies from Transylvania, 1938
  • Peambul. Intermezzo, Marș , triptych, 1958
  • Music for the film Viața nu iartă , 1958
  • Rapsodia militară for brass instruments, 1958
  • Cinci piese for string orchestra, 1964
  • Sinfonietta no. 2 , 1967
  • Prologue simfonic , 1974
  • Sonata for organ and string orchestra, 1976

Fonts

  • Muzica bisericească corală la români (Romanian Sacred Choral Music), 1944
  • Istoria muzicii universale şi româneşti (Universal and Romanian Music History), 1938
  • George Enescu , 1964
  • Studii și eseuri (Studies and Essays), 1953–64
  • Creația muzicală românească în secolele XIX-XX (Romanian musical creation in the 19th and 20th centuries), 2 volumes, 1968, 1979

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personal data
SURNAME Vancea, Zeno
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vancea, Zeno Octavian (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian composer, musicologist and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Bocșa
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 1990
Place of death Bucharest