Margareta Xenopol

Romanian composer, pianist, and singer (Maria) Margareta Xenopol (1892 – 1979)[1] was born on 28 January 1892 in Iași. She initially studied piano with Margareta Sakellary and Apasia Sion Burada, then studied with Walter Bachmann in Dresden, Germany. She studied voice with Alexandru Zirra, music theory with Paul Constantinescu, and composition with Martin Negrea in Bucharest.[2] Romanian opera singer Elena Cernei recorded several of Xenopol's songs.[3]

Xenopol set many works by Romanian poets to music. Between 1937 and 1952, she composed several waltzes and tangos for voice. In 1972 she began work on an operetta, which was uncompleted when she died in Bucharest on 8 July 1979.[2]

Works

Her compositions include:[2]

Chamber
  • Elegy (cello and piano)

Piano
  • Classical Etude
  • Concert Etude (1947)
  • Dream of Columbine Waltz
  • Idyll (1912)
  • Melancholy Waltz
  • Prelude
  • Russian Suite (1950)
  • Sonatina
  • Theme and Variations

Vocal
  • And for Your Black Eyes[4]
  • Autumn Song
  • Blue Cigarette Smoke
  • (The) Days Pass, But the Love Remains
  • Four Romances
  • I Am Watching You
  • I Love Like I Never Loved[4]
  • I Wanted to Run Away from You
  • Let's Go, Sailor (men's choir)
  • Nocturne
  • Psalm 19 (choir)
  • Return
  • Romances without Music
  • Three Romances
  • Why Do I Dream?
  • You Forget Romance

References
  1. Cosma, Viorel. (1989–2011). Muzicieni din România : lexicon bio-bibliografic. București: Editura Muzicală. ISBN 973-42-0015-1. OCLC 21372940.
  2. Cohen, Aaron I. International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.
  3. "YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  4. Bibliografia Națională Română: Note muzicale, discuri, casete (in Romanian). Biblioteca Națională a României. 2003.
  5. Bibliografia Republicii Socialiste România: Note muzicale, discuri, casete (in Romanian). Biblioteca Centrală de Stat a Republicii Socialiste România. 1984.
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