Mihail Jora (; 2 August 1891,

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- 10 May 1971,

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) was a Romanian composer, pianist, and conductor. Jora studied in

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with Robert Teichmüller. From 1929 to 1962 he was a professor at the

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. He worked from 1928 to 1933 as a director/conductor of the

Broadcasting Orchestra. In 1944 he became vice-president of the Society of Romanian Composers: however, he soon came into criticism of the new communist government being accused of formalism (see Zhdanov Doctrine). In 1953, he was rehabilitated and allowed to rejoin the Composers' Union. He composed six

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s, one

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, two major

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works, and many pieces for piano, chamber-music, choral and

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1891 births 1971 deaths Armenian composers Romanian male composers Armenian conductors (music) Romanian people of Armenian descent University of Music and Theatre Leipzig alumni Academic staff of the National University of Music Bucharest Recipients of the Order of the Star of the Romanian Socialist Republic 20th-century Romanian conductors (music) 20th-century Romanian composers Herder Prize recipients {{Romania-composer-stub