Cornelia Tăutu (10 March 1938 – 24 March 2019) was a Romanian composer best known for film soundtracks.

Biography Cornelia Tăutu was born in Odorhei, Romania in 1938. She studied both music composition and pedagogy at the National University of Music in Bucharest, and was a student of Aurel Stroe, Anatol Vieru, and Mihail Jora. She then worked at both the Dialectological Research Institute and the Institute of Ethnological as a researcher for a time before traveling to New York City in 1971 to study composition at Long Island University with Raoul Pleskov.

Works Tăutu has written works including: Divertisment folcloric Coralia for children's chorus and orchestra Rota for chamber ensemble De Doi (The Two) for viola and cello (1994)

Her music has been recorded and issued on CD including: Romanian Women Composers 2, Musica Nova and the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation, 2006 MARIN CONSTANTIN, Electrecord Romania Today (June 30, 1998) by Dinescu, Dediu, Stroe, Brumariu, et al., Pro Viva (Ger), ASIN: B000007TAJ

Filmography Tăutu has composed music for films including: 1992 Ramînerea 1988 Drumet în calea lupilor 1988 The Moromete Family 1987 Cetatea ascunsa 1987 Zloty pociag 1983 Caruta cu mere 1983 Impossible Love 1980 Dumbrava minunata 1978 Actiunea Autobuzul 1978 Buzduganul cu trei peceti 1978 Together Again 1975 Patima

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