Anatol Vieru (; 8 June 1926 – 8 October 1998) was a Romanian music theoretician, pedagogue, and composer. A pupil of

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Biography

Vieru was born in

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. He married in 1954 Nina Shutikova, with who he had one son and one daughter; his son is the pianist, writer, and mathematician . He was a conductor at the Bucharest National Theatre from 1947 to 1950, when he became editor of the magazine. He died in

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at age 72.

List of works

Dramatic

*Iona (opera, 1, after Marin Sorescu and sketches by

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), 1972–75, concert performed in Bucharest, 31 October 1976 *Praznicul calicilor he Feast of the Beggars(op, after Mihail Sorbul), 1978–80, Berlin, 1991 *Telegrame (mini-opera, after

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), 1983 *Temă cu Variațiuni heme and Variations(mini-opera, after Caragiale), 1983 *Ultimele zile, ultimele ore he Last Days, the Last Hours(opera, 3, after

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: Mozart and Salieri and Bulgakov: The Last Days), 1990–95

Film scores

(Names of directors in parentheses): *Când primăvara e fierbinte hen Spring is Hot(), 1960 *Ciucurencu (), 1964 *Procesul alb he White Trial(

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), 1965 *Brâncuși la Târgu-Jiu râncuși at Târgu-Jiu(Erich Nussbaum), 1966 *Soarele negru lack Sun(Slavomir Popovici), 1968 *O sută de lei 00 Leis(Mircea Săucan), 1972 * Felix și Otilia elix and Otilia(Iulian Mihu), 1972 *Marele singuratic he Great Lonesome(Iulian Mihu), 1976 *Intoarcera lui Vodă Lăpușneanu ăpușneanu's Return(), 1979

Orchestral

Symphonies: *no.1 'Oda tăcerii' de to Silence 1967 *no.2, 1973 *no.3 'La un cutremur' arthquake Symphony 1978 *no.4, 1982 *no.5 (

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), chorus, orchestra, 1984–85 *no.6 xodus 1989 *no.7 'Annul soarelui calm' he Year of the Silent Sun 1992–93 Other: *Suită în stil vechi uite in an Olden Style for strings, 1945 *Dansuri simfonice, 1952 *Concerto for Orchestra, 1954–55 *Flute Concerto, 1958 *Simfonia de cameră, 1962 *Cello Concerto, 1962 *Jocuri (Jeux), piano, orchestra, 1963 *Violin Concerto, 1964 *Clepsidra I (Sonnenuhr), 1968–69 *Muzeu muzical useum Music harpsichord, 12 strings, 1968 *Screen (Ecran), 1969 *Clarinet Concerto, 1975 *Sinfonietta, 1975 *Concerto for violin, cello and orchestra, 1979 *Sinfonia concertante, cello and orchestra, 1987 *Narration II, sax and orchestra, 1985 * Memorial, 1990 * Psalm, 1993 * Piano Concerto 'Caleidoscop', 1993 * Malincolia furiosa, viola and orchestra, 1994 * Hibernal, panpipes, strings, 1995 * Flute Concerto no.2, 1996 * Guitar Concerto, 1996 * Musik, organ and strings, 1996 * Elegia II, cello, doublebass and chamber orchestra, 1998

Vocal

Choral: * Mierla lui Ilie Pintilie

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's Blackbrid] (cant.), 1949 * Miorița

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: The Little Ewe Lamb] (oratorio), 1957 * Cantata anilor lumină ight Years Cântată(

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), 1960 * Scene nocturne (

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), 2 choruses, 1964 * Vocale owels(

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), female chorus, 1963 * Clepsidra II (folk texts), chorus, panpipes, cymbal, orchestra, 1971 * Fratele cel sărac he Poor Brother(after

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), 1993 * Daniil, 1994 * În marea apusului n the Sea of Sunsets chorus, trumpet, timpani, 1998 Solo: * Muzică pentru Bacovia și Labiș Bacovia and Nicolae Labiș">Labiș">George_Bacovia">Bacovia<_a>_an.html" ;"title="George_Bacovia.html" ;"title="usic for George Bacovia">Bacovia and Nicolae Labiș">Labiș 1959–63: # The Struggle against Inertia, mezzo-soprano, tenor, flute, violin, piano # Nocturnes and Resonances of Bacovia, soprano, flute, piano # Truces, mezzo-soprano, piano * Discul lui Newton [Newton's Disc], 12 solo vv, 1972 *4 unghiuri din care am văzut Florența [4 Angels to See Florence], soprano, piano/harpsichord, 1–2 percussionists, 1973 *Cântec arhaic de dragoste [Ancient Love Songs] (Bible: Solomon): # I. Sage mir an, Mez, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 1985 # II. O that you were a Brother to Me, 8vv, 1987 # III. Siehe, du bist schön, Mez, a sax, 1985 # IV. Fă-mă precum o pecete et Me as a Seal upon your Heart 4vv, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, 1989 # V. Ja nartsis saronskij am a Rose of Sharon chorus, 1987; * Poveste

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Sprechstimme, percussion, 1993 * Archipelagos, baritone, vibraphone, 1994 * Dechanson (

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), 4vv, 1995 * Questions et reponses (

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, P. Solomon), 4vv, 1995 * Iarba ochilor tăi he Grass of your Eyes(Paul Celan), 4vv, 1997

Chamber and solo instrumental

String quartets: * no.1, 1955 * no.2, 1956 * no.3, soprano and string quartet, 1973 * no.4, 1980 * no.5, 1982 * no.6, 1986 * no.7, 1987 * no.8, 1991 Other: * Clarinet Quintet, 1957 * Kammersymphonie, 1962 * Trepte ale tăcerii teps of Silence string quartet, percussion, 1966 * Nautilos, piano, tape, 1969 * Sita lui Eratostene he Riddle of Eratosthanes clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, 1969 * Nașterea unui limbaj he Birth of a Language piano 4 hands, 1971 * Mozaicuri osaics 3 percussionists, 1972 * Iosif și frații săi oseph and his Brothers 11 instruments, tape, 1979 * Scoica

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15 strings, 1982 * Double Duos, a sax/b clarinet, vib/mar, 1983 * Ma–jo–r Music, flute, clarinet, harp, string quartet, 1984; * Metasaks, sax, dea (1984); * Soroc I, 6 studies, percussion, 1984 * Soroc II, 7 instruments, 1984 * Sonata, violin, cello, 1984–5 * Diaphonie, cello, doublebass, 1987 * Trînta restling sax, percussion, 1987; * Epistolaire, a flute, piano, 1988 * Multigen, a flute, oboe, a sax, percussion, piano, 1988 * Giusto, sax, 2 guitars, synth, percussion, 1989 * Versete erses 1989 * Sax Quartet, 1990 * Sax-Vier, sax quartet, 1991 * Trio microtonic, bassoon, guitar, doublebass, 1992 * Feuerwerk, flute, violin, vibraphone, 1994 * Crăciun hristmas violin, piano, 1994 * Canto, oboe, percussion, 1995 * Couple, clarinet, viola, 1995 * Duo leggiero, flute, percussion, 1995 * Rubato, oboe, percussion, 1995 * Toccatina, 2 guitar, 1995 * Chanson de geste, guitar, cello, 1996 * Gruss, violin, cello, piano, organ, 1996 * Masca asks flute, cello, doublebass, 1996 * Canon und Fuge, piano 4 hands, 1997 * Elegia I, sax, organ, 1997 * Et in Arcadia ego, 3 recorders, 1997 * Posviascenie edication trumpet, cello, timpani, 1997 * Trio, violin, cello, piano, 1997 * Centaurus, sax, trombone, percussion, 1998 Solo: * Din lumea copiilor rom the Realm of Childhood 8 miniatures, piano, 1958 * Sonata, cello, 1963, arr. cello, percussion (1977) * Narration, organ, 1973 * Piano Sonata, 1976 * Pelinarium, synthesizer, 1986 * Dar I ift flute, 1988 * Dar II, cello, 1989 * Design-Dasein, flute+a flute+piccolo, 1993 * Piano Sonata, 1994 * Ritmuri hythms piano, 1994 * Adio, piano, 1996 * Eppur si muove, flute, 1996 * Sandu, piano, 1996 * Schöntok, piano, 1996 * Capriccio, violin, 1997 * Voeu, piano, 1997

References

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