Margareta Xenopol (28 January 1892 – 8 July 1979) was a Romanian composer, pianist and singer. She was the daughter of historian and author Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol.
Life Xenopol was born in Iași, on 28 January 1892. She was the daughter of historian and author Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol. She initially studied piano with Margareta Sakellary from 1902 to 1907, and then with Aspasia Sion Burada. She studied with Walter Bachmann in Dresden, Germany. She studied voice with Alexandru Zirra, harmony and music theory with Paul Constantinescu, and composition and counterpoint with Martin Negrea in Bucharest. Romanian opera singer Elena Cernei recorded several of Xenopol's songs.
Works Her compositions include:
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
Autumn Song
Blue Cigarette Smoke
(The) Days Pass, But the Love Remains
Four Romances
I Am Watching You
I Love Like I Never Loved
I Wanted to Run Away from You
Let's Go, Sailor (men's choir)
Nocturne
Prayer (text by Mihai Eminescu; choir)
Psalm 19 (choir)
Return
Romance of the Heart (text by Ion Minulescu)
Romances without Music
Three Romances
Why Do I Dream?
You Forget Romance
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