Alfred Mendelsohn was a Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

n composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

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Mendelssohn studied from 1927 to 1931 at the Music Academy in Vienna with Joseph Marx

Joseph Marx

Joseph Rupert Rudolf Marx was an Austrian composer, teacher and critic.-Life and career:Marx pursued studies in philosophy, art history, German studies, and music at Graz University, earning several degrees including a doctorate in 1909. He began composing seriously in 1908 and over the next four...

 and Franz Schmidt

Franz Schmidt

Franz Schmidt was an Austrian composer, cellist and pianist of Hungarian descent and origin.- Life :Schmidt was born in Pozsony , in the Hungarian part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire . His father was half Hungarian and his mother entirely Hungarian...

 and the Conservatory in Bucharest at Mihail Jora

Mihail Jora

Mihail Jora was a Romanian composer, pianist, and conductor.Jora studied in Leipzig with Robert Teichmüller. From 1929 to 1962 he was a professor at the conservatoire of Bucharest. He worked 1928 to 1933 as a director/conductor of the Broadcasting Orchestra in Bucharest...

. From 1944 to 1963 he was conductor at the Romanian National Opera

Romanian National Opera

The Romanian National Opera is one of the national opera companies of Romania, situated in a historical building in Bucharest, near the Cotroceni neighbourhood....

, 1949, he taught as professor of counterpoint at the Conservatory.

He composed several operas and ballets, eight symphonies and a dramatic symphony in seven scenes, a symphonic poem, a string suite, a cello concerto, two violin concertos, two piano concertos, chamber works, oratorios, cantatas, drama and film music, choral works and songs.

Compositions

Stage

• Imnul iubirii (Love Anthem), opera (1946); libretto after Ivan Turgenev
• Harap Alb (The White Moor of Alexandru Jar by Ion Creanga), ballet (1948)
• Meşterul Manole (Master Manole), opera (1949); after a popular legend
• Călin, ballet (1956); choreography by Tildei Urseanu to Mihail Eminescu Urseanu
• Anton Pann, operetta (1961); libretto by Ion Roman and Radu Albala
• Michelangelo, opera (1964); libretto by the composer after Alexandru Kiriţescu
• Spinoza, opera (1966); libretto by Paul Sterian

Concertante

• Concerto for viola and orchestra (1965)

Chamber music

• Petite Suite for viola solo (1933)
• Suite for cello solo (1960)
• Partita (Prelude and Fugue) for violin solo