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George Enescu (Romanian: [ˈdʒe̯ordʒe eˈnesku] ⓘ; 19 August [O.S. 7 August] 1881 – 4 May 1955), known in France as Georges Enesco, was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor, and teacher and is regarded as one of the greatest musicians in Romanian history.
George Enescu in 1930. A number of compositions were created by the Romanian composer George Enescu. With opus number, by genre. Orchestral. Symphonies Opus 13 ...
The two Romanian Rhapsodies, Op. 11, for orchestra, are George Enescu's best-known compositions. They were written in 1901, and first performed together in 1903. The two rhapsodies, and particularly the first, have long held a permanent place in the repertory of every major orchestra.
Enescu composed his Decet swiftly, in the first months of 1906. He had just finished his First Symphony, Op. 13, the previous year.The Decet was given its first performance in Paris (less than six months after the symphony) on 12 June 1906 at a concert of the Société Moderne d'Instruments à Vent.
Orchestral compositions by George Enescu (1 C, 4 P) S. Suites by George Enescu (3 P) Pages in category "Compositions by George Enescu"
Enescu began sketching his Fourth Symphony in 1928, but did not return to it in earnest until after completing the orchestration of his opera Œdipe in 1931. Although he worked on the symphony from 1932, he broke off work in December 1934 after achieving a complete draft and a partial orchestration.
The Enescu Prize is a prize in music composition founded by Romanian composer George Enescu, awarded from 1913 to 1946, and afterwards by the National University of Music Bucharest. Enescu is regarded by many as Romania's most important musician. [1] Winners have included Mihail Andricu and Sergiu Natra. 1913: Ion Nonna Otescu; 1923: Mihail Andricu
In March 1899, Enescu himself conducted a performance of the work in Bucharest. [4] During the 2017 George Enescu Festival held in honor of Enescu, the Poème roumain was performed for the first time in the festival's history by the French orchestra Les Siècles and the Romanian Royal Choir under François-Xavier Roth at the Romanian Athenaeum. [4]