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George Enescu (Romanian pronunciation: [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.
Opus 4: Trois Mélodies sur poèmes de Jules Lemaitre et Sully Prudhomme, for bass and piano (1898) Le Désert; Le Galop; Soupir; Opus 15: Sept Chansons de Clement Marot, for tenor and piano (1907–08)
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.
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
Luminiș, Enescu's villa near Sinaia, where Enescu composed the Fifth Symphony. Although the ideas in it had doubtless been gestating for some time, Enescu began writing the Fifth Symphony during his annual summer break at his villa, Luminiș, in Sinaia in 1941, completing the entire draft in a span of something less than one month.
Symphony No. 1, Op. 13, in E♭ by the Romanian composer George Enescu reflects the composer's training in both Vienna and Paris. In the former location he studied the Brahmsian tradition with Robert Fuchs, and in the latter the French tradition with Jules Massenet and Gabriel Fauré.
George Enescu: His Life and Music, with a preface by Sir Yehudi Menuhin. London: Toccata Press. ISBN 0-907689-32-9. Zottoviceanu, Elena, Adrian Rațiu, and Myriam Marbe. 1971 "Premiera Operei Oedip (1934–1936)". In George Enescu: Monografie, 2 vols., edited by Mircea Voicana, 739–876. Bucharest: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România.
The symphony falls into three movements: . Vivace, ma non troppo; Andante giusto; Un poco lento, marziale – Allegro vivace, marziale; The symphony owes a clear debt to Richard Strauss, evident on the surface in Ein Heldenleben-like opening gesture, but also found in the kaleidoscopically shifting chromatic harmonies, recalling the admiration Enescu expressed in 1912 and 1915 for Elektra and ...