Maria Chefaliady-Taban was a Romania

Romania

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n pianist, music educator and composer. She was born in Iaşi

Iasi

Iași is the second most populous city and a municipality in Romania. Located in the historical Moldavia region, Iași has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Romanian social, cultural, academic and artistic life...

 and studied at the Iaşi Conservatory with Anetta Boscoff. She continued her studies from 1883-85 in Vienna

Vienna

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 with Joseph Dachs and Joseph Hellmesberger

Joseph Hellmesberger, Jr.

Josef “Pepi” Hellmesberger, Jr. was an Austrian composer, violinist and conductor.Hellmesberger was son of violinist and conductor Joseph Hellmesberger, Sr. , who was his first teacher. Among his family of notable musicians include: grandfather, Georg, Sr. ; uncle, Georg, Jr...

  at the Akademie fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst.

After completing her studies, Chefaliady-Taban performed as a concert pianist and later became a singing teacher in Ia§i and Bucharest

Bucharest

Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....

. She died in Bucharest.

Works

Chefaliady-Taban incorporated folk-lore into her compositions. Selected works include:

• Hora carturarului Urechia (Scholar Urechia’s Ring Dance) choral work (1901)
• Imnul studentilor universitari romani (Romanian Students’ Anthem) (1901)
• Atit de frageda (So Tender) (1900)
• O, ramii (Oh, don’t Go) (1905)