Alfred Mendelsohn

Alfred Mendelsohn ( born February 17, 1910 in Bucharest, † May 9, 1966 ) was a Romanian composer.

Life and work

Mendelsohn studied 1927-1931 at the Music Academy in Vienna with Joseph Marx and Franz Schmidt and at the Conservatory in Bucharest in Mihail Jora. From 1944 to 1963 he was conductor at the Opera Naţională Bucureşti, since 1949 he taught as a professor of counterpoint at the conservatory.

He composed several operas and ballets, eight symphonies and a Dramatic Symphony in seven scenes, a symphonic poem, a strings Suite, a cello concerto, two violin and two piano concertos, chamber music, oratorios, cantatas, drama and film music, choral works and songs.

Operas

  • Imnul iubirii ( Hymn of Love by Ivan Turgenev ), opera, 1946
  • Harap Alb ( The White Moor of Alexandru Ion Creangă by Jar ), Ballet, 1948
  • Meşterul Manole ( master Manole according to a popular legend), opera, 1949
  • Calin ( tilde Urseanu by Mihai Eminescu ), Ballet, 1956
  • Anton Pann ( libretto: Ion novel and Radu Albala ), operetta, 1961
  • Michelangelo ( his own libretto by Alexandru Kiriţescu ), opera, 1964
  • Spinoza ( libretto by Paul Sterian ), opera, 1966

Source

  • Alfred Baumgartner: Propylaea world of music. Composers, Vol 4 Propylaea -Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3- 549-07834 -X, page 7
  • Composer of classical music ( 20th century)
  • Romanian composer
  • University teachers (National Music University of Bucharest )
  • Born 1910
  • Died in 1966
  • Man
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