Cornelia Tăutu
Cornelia Tăutu (10 March 1938 – 24 March 2019) was a Romanian composer best known for film soundtracks.
Also recorded as Cornelia Tautu
Cornelia Tăutu
- Born
- Cornelia Tăutu was born on 10 March 1938. · Odorheiu Secuiesc.
- Died
- Cornelia Tăutu died on 24 March 2019.
- Nationality
- Romania
- Occupation
- composer · pianist
- Teachers
- Mihail Jora · Aurel Stroe · Emilia Comișel
- Languages
- Romanian
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Biography
Biography
Cornelia Tăutu was born in Odorhei, Romania in 1938. She studied both music composition and pedagogy at the National University of Music in Bucharest, and was a student of Aurel Stroe, Anatol Vieru, and Mihail Jora. She then worked at both the Dialectological Research Institute and the Institute of Ethnological as a researcher for a time before traveling to New York City in 1971 to study composition at Long Island University with Raoul Pleskov.
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Cornelia Tăutu was a composer, born on 10 March 1938 in Odorheiu Secuiesc and died on 24 March 2019. The birth is recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek; the death by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Works
Works
Tăutu has written works including: • Divertisment folcloric • Coralia for children's chorus and orchestra • Rota for chamber ensemble • De Doi (The Two) for viola and cello (1994) Her music has been recorded and issued on CD including: • Romanian Women Composers 2, Musica Nova and the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation, 2006 • MARIN CONSTANTIN, Electrecord • Romania Today (June 30, 1998) by Dinescu, Dediu, Stroe, Brumariu, et al., Pro Viva (Ger), ASIN: B000007TAJ
Filmography
Filmography
Tăutu has composed music for films including: • 1992 Ramînerea • 1988 Drumet în calea lupilor • 1988 The Moromete Family • 1987 Cetatea ascunsa • 1987 Zloty pociag • 1983 Caruta cu mere • 1983 Impossible Love • 1980 Dumbrava minunata • 1978 Actiunea Autobuzul • 1978 Buzduganul cu trei peceti • 1978 Together Again • 1975 Patima
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Cornelia Tăutu died.
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Cornelia Tăutu was born at Odorheiu Secuiesc.
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Odorheiu Secuiesc.
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- “Cornelia Tăutu”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Andreescu, Crişan. Compozitoarea Cornelia Tăutu a murit. De ce era cunoscută. DCNews. 2019-03-28.
- 2.Sadie, Julie Anne. The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. W. W. Norton & Company. 1994. 9780393034875.
- 3.Cosma, Octavian. Tăutu, Cornelia. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. 2001. 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.47270.
- 4.CIMRO.RO Cornelia Tăutu.
- 5.Nash, Jay Robert. The Motion Picture Guide 1988 Annual: The Films of 1987. Cinebooks. 1988. 9780933997165.
- 6.Cornelia Tăutu. IMDb.
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