Pascal Bentoiu (22 April 1927 – 21 February 2016) was a

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Life and career

Bentoiu studied

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and

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with

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and piano with Theophil Demetriescu. He spent three years researching the

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and

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at the

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Folklore Institute and then began composing for the stage. His

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s are written with dramatic flair and make use of a variety of elements, including folksong, tape, serialism and

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qualities. His instrumental and orchestral works also contain a variety of contemporary techniques, and Bentoiu's work is characterized by its color and lyricism. He has edited the sketches of the Fourth (1934) and Fifth (1941) Symphonies of

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into shape for performance. (There is a recording of both realizations from a 1998 festival.) In 1949, he married Annie Deculescu. Bentoiu died in Bucharest on 21 February 2016 at the age of 88.

Compositions

Orchestral

* Symphony nr. 1, op.16 (1965) * Symphony nr. 2, op.20 (1974) * Symphony nr. 3, op.22 (1976) * Symphony nr. 4, op.25 (1978) * Symphony nr. 5, op.26 (1979) * Symphony nr. 6 "Culori”, op.28 (1985) * Symphony nr. 7 "Volume”, op.29 (1986) * Symphony nr. 8 "Imagini”, op.30 (1987) * "Eminesciana III", Orchestra Concerto, op. 23 (1976) * Symphonic Poem "Luceafărul”, op. 7, on

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(1957) * Symphonic Suite "Images from Bucharest”, op. 10 (1959) * "Ardelenească" Suite, op. 6 (1955) * Concert Ouverture, op. 2 (1948) * Piano Concerto nr. 1, op. 5 (1954) * Piano Concerto nr. 2, op. 12 (1960) * Violin Concerto, op. 9 (1958) * Cello Concerto, op. 31 (1989)

Theatre

* Nunta lui Figaro (Beaumarchais) *

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(Alecsandri) * Femeia îndărătnică (Shakespeare); de același author ''Doi domni din Verona'', ''Romeo și Julieta'', ''Poveste de iarnă'', ''Hamlet'', ''Visul unei nopți de vară'' precum și pentru alte piese, de alți autori ( Eschil, Euripide, Camus, Rostand ș.a.)

Chamber music

* Piano Sonata, op. 1 (1947, rev. in 1957) * Piano and Violin Sonata op. 14 (1962) * String Quartet nr. 1, op. 3 (1953) * String Quartet nr. 2 „al consonanțelor”, op. 19, (1973) * String Quartet nr. 3, op. 27a (1981) * String Quartet nr. 4, op. 27b (1981) * String Quartet nr. 5, op. 27c (1982) * String Quartet nr. 6, op. 27d (1982)

Songs

* „Patru cântece pe versuri de Șt.O. Iosif”, op. 4 (1953) * Trei sonete (

), op. 8 (1958) * Cinci cântece (

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), op. 11 (1959) * Patru cântece (

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), op. 13 (1961) * „Flăcări negre” (

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), op. 21 (1974) * „Incandescențe” (

), op. 24 (1977) * „Gelozie” (

George Topîrceanu George Topîrceanu (; March 20, 1886 – May 7, 1937) was a Romanian poet, short story writer, and humourist. Biography He was born in Bucharest, the son of Ion Topîrceanu, a furrier and his wife, Paraschiva (née Cosma), a carpet weaver. The f ...

)

Writings

* ''Imagine și sens'' (1971, ed. 2/1973, French version 1979) * ''Deschideri spre lumea muzicii '' (1973) * ''Gândirea muzicală'' (1975) * ''Capodopere enesciene'' (1984), English translation by Lory Wallfisch, as ''Masterworks of George Enescu: A Detailed Analysis'' (2010) * ''Breviar enescian'' (2005) * ''Opt simfonii și un poem'' (2007)

References

* Cosma, V. (2005). ''Enciclopedia muzicii românești'', vol. 1 (A-B). București: Ed. „Arc 2000”. * Bentoiu, P. (2007). ''Opt simfonii și un poem''. București: Ed. Universității Naționale de Muzică. * Radu, S. (2008). ''În jurul lui Pascal Bentoiu''. vol.1 Sonatele cu pian, vol.2 Liedurile, București: Ed. Universității Naționale de Muzică. * Manoleanu, R. (2008). ''Paradigme ludice în muzica românească''. București: Ed. Universității Naționale de Muzică. * Rotărescu, E. (2010). ''Creația concertantă a lui Pascal Bentoiu'', București: Ed. Universității Naționale de Muzică.

References

External links

Biographical data from UCMR (Romanian Union of Composers and Musicologists)
1927 births 2016 deaths 20th-century Romanian classical composers Romanian male opera composers Musicians from Bucharest Romanian musicologists Romanian opera composers Enescu Prize winners 20th-century Romanian male musicians {{Romania-composer-stub