Gavriil Musicescu (20 March 1847 – 21 December 1903) was a Romanian composer, conductor and musicologist, father of the pianist and musical pedagogue Florica Musicescu. Born in

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region, southern

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, he studied music and composition in

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and

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. He is the author of numerous compositions of choral music. Musicescu settled in

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and, from 1872 until his death in 1903, taught at the Iași Conservatory.

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Gavriil Musicescu (1847-1903)
at the site of the Iaşi Philharmonic 1847 births 1903 deaths Composers from the Russian Empire Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Romania People from Izmail Romanian composers 19th-century Romanian male musicians Burials at Eternitatea cemetery {{Romania-composer-stub