Florica Racovitză-Flondor (also Racoviță; 13 November 1897 - 7 February 1983) was a Romanian composer and pianist who composed vocal and instrumental works, including at least five operettas. Some of her works were inspired by Romanian folklore.
Racovitză-Flondor was born in Rogojești, in Austria-Hungary’s Duchy of Bukovina.Ana-Gabriela Drahta, “O dinastie politică bucovineană: familia Flondor”, in Analele Bucovinei, XX, 2 (41), p. – , Bucharest, 2013 to Maria Ciuntu and Tudor Flondor. Her father was a politician, composer and conductor. She married Brigadier General Aurel Racovitză in 1924 and they had two children.
From 1916 to 1924, Racovitză-Flondor studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Later, she studied composition in Bucharest. Her teachers included Mihail Jora, Eusebius Mandyczewski, Joseph Marx, Emil Sauer, and Richard Stöhr.
Racovitză-Flondor belonged to the American Society of Composer, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). Her compositions were published by Editions Musicales and included:
Operettas
Lita the Fish Eater
Santa Claus
Peasant Wedding (libretto by Vasile Alecsandri)
Pentecost
Remnant
Organ
Chorale
Prelude
Piano
Burlesque
Caprice
Dance
From Children’s Life (Suite)
Fugues in f minor and G Major
Improvisation
Noveletta
Prelude and Fugue in c minor
Sonata in f minor
Song Without Words
Source in the Woods
Three Intermezzi
Three Preludes
Three Romanian Dances
Three Studies
Toccata
Variations on a Romanian Theme
Vocal
Thirty Christmas Carols (harmonized for male voices)
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