Negrea, Marxţian

Negrea, Marxţian, Romanian composer and teacher; b. Vorumloc, Feb. 10, 1893; d. Bucharest, July 13, 1973. He studied with Timotei Popò vici (theory and harmony) at the Andréien Seminary in Sibiu (1910–14) and with Mandyczewski (harmony, counterpoint, and music history) and Franz Schmidt (composition) at the Vienna Academy of Music (1918–21). He was a prof, of harmony at the Cluj Cons. (1921-1) and the Bucharest Cons. (1941–63). In his music, Negrea sought a balance between post-Romantic and Impressionist elements, to which he brought an infusion of folk melos.

Works

dramatic: opera:Marin Pescami (Marin the Fisherman; 1933; Cluj, Oct. 3, 1934). o r c h. :Fantezie simfonica (1921); Rapsodia romàna I (1938) and II (1950; Bucharest, April 8, 1951); Povesti din Grui (Fairytale from Grui; 1940; Bucharest, March 21, 1943); Baia-Mare (1949); Divertisement (1951); Prin Muntii Apuseni (Through the Western Mountains; 1952); Recrutul (The Recruit), symphonic poem (1953); Simfonia primavera (Spring Sym.; 1956); Sãrbãtoarea muncii (Celebration of Work), symphonic poem (1958; Bucharest, May 6, 1961); Concerto for Orchestra (1963; Bucharest, Ian. 1965). chamber:Prelude and Fugue for String Quartet (1920); 4 Pieces for Harp (1945); String Quartet (1949); Suite for Clarinet and Piano (1960). piano: Rondo (1920); Sonata (1921); Impresii de la tara, suite (1921); Sonatina (1922). vocal:Povestea rozei for Voice and Orch. (Bucharest, Dec. 12, 1943); Requiem for Soloists, Chorus, and Orch. (1957); songs.

—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis Mclntire