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Dan Voiculescu (born 20 July 1940 in
Saschiz Saschiz (; , Hungarian pronunciation: ; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Keist'') is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, central Romania. It is composed of three villages: Cloașterf (''Klosdorf''; ''Miklóstelke''), Mihai Viteazu (''Zoltan'' until 19 ...
, died 29 August 2009, in Bucharest) was a Romanian composer, doctor of musicology (1983), professor of
counterpoint In music theory, counterpoint is the relationship of two or more simultaneous musical lines (also called voices) that are harmonically dependent on each other, yet independent in rhythm and melodic contour. The term originates from the Latin ...
and
composition Composition or Compositions may refer to: Arts and literature *Composition (dance), practice and teaching of choreography * Composition (language), in literature and rhetoric, producing a work in spoken tradition and written discourse, to include ...
at the Music Academy in Cluj-Napoca (since 1963) and the National Music University of Bucharest (since 2000), and a member of the Union of Romanian Composers and Musicologists (since 1965). His musicological studies fill a niche in the Romanian bibliography; they are significant contributions towards understanding the
polyphony Polyphony ( ) is a type of musical texture consisting of two or more simultaneous lines of independent melody, as opposed to a musical texture with just one voice ( monophony) or a texture with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chord ...
of 20th-century classical music. His compositions are performed frequently, both in Romania and abroad.


Published works


Compositions

*
The Bald Prima Donna ''La Cantatrice chauve '' – translated from French as ''The Bald Soprano'' or ''The Bald Prima Donna'' – is the first play written by Romanian-French playwright Eugène Ionesco. Nicolas Bataille directed the premiere on 11 May 1950 at the ...
, comical chamber opera, after
Eugène Ionesco Eugène Ionesco (; ; born Eugen Ionescu, ; 26 November 1909 – 28 March 1994) was a Romanian-French playwright who wrote mostly in French, and was one of the foremost figures of the French avant-garde theatre#Avant-garde, French avant-garde th ...
, 1992–1993 * Cantata for baritone, choir and orchestra, 1977 * Simfonia ostinato, 1963 * Visions cosmiques, 1968 * Music for strings, 1971 * Pieces for orchestra, 1975 * Suite from Codex Caioni for strings, 1996 * Inflorescences for strings,2001 * Works for piano solo ** Fables ** Dialogs ** Sonata ** Croquis ** Sonantes ** Spirals ** Toccata piano ** Toccata armonica ** Toccata robotica ** Toccata for a hand * Book without end — 3 volumes of piano pieces for children * 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 * Choral poems


Musicology

* Baroque Polyphony in the Works of J. S. Bach, 1975 * 20th Century Polyphony, 1983 ("Polifonia secolului XX", Editura Muzicala, Bucuresti 2005 ) * The Bach Fugue, 1986 ("Fuga în creatia lui J. S. Bach", Editura Muzicala, Bucuresti 2000) * many other studies on musicology His works are published by Editura Muzicala, Bucharest (Romania), Editura Arpeggione, Cluj-Napoca (Romania) and Musikverlag Gentner Hartmann, Trossingen (Germany).


Career

* 1958–1964 Attended the "Gh. Dima" Music Academy of Cluj-Napoca (Romania) * 1963 Obtained diploma for Piano (under the supervision of Magda Kardos) * 1964 Obtained diploma for Composition (under the supervision of Sigismund Todutza) * 1965 Became a member of the Union of Romanian Composers * 1968 Studied composition with V. Mortari in Venice (Italy) * 1971–1972 Studied composition with K. Stockhausen in Cologne (Germany) * 1972, 1978 Attended the Darmstädter Kurse für Neue Musik * 1979–1991 Editor of Lucrari de Muzicologie (Musicological Works), published by the "Gh. Dima" Music Academy of Cluj-Napoca * 1983 Doctor of Musicology * 1984 Awarded the George Enesco Prize of the Romanian Academy * 1989 Awarded the Mihai Eminescu Prize * 1972–2005, seven times, Prize of the Union of Romanian Composers


External links


Memberships

* http://www.ucmr.org.ro/listMembri.asp?CodP=174#En
Music Academy in Cluj-Napoca

National Music University of Bucharest


in Romania
Institute for the Memory of Culture


Recent performances


Ramnicu Valcea Phylarmonic


(Romanian Global News)
Emanuela Geamanu
in the
Romanian Athenaeum The Romanian Athenaeum () is a concert hall in the center of Bucharest, Romania, and a landmark of the Romanian capital city. Opened in 1888, the ornate, domed, circular building is the city's most prestigious concert hall and home of the "Geor ...
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