Alfred Mendelsohn
Alfred Mendelsohn was a Romanian composer.
Mendelsohn studied from 1927 to 1931 at the Music Academy in Vienna with Joseph Marx and Franz Schmidt and the Conservatory in Bucharest at Mihail Jora. From 1944 to 1963 he was conductor at the Romanian National Opera, 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.
Selected Compositions
;StageImnul iubirii, opera ; libretto after Ivan TurgenevHarap Alb, ballet Meșterul Manole, opera ; after a popular legendCălin, ballet ; choreography by Tildei Urseanu to Mihail Eminescu UrseanuAnton Pann, operetta ; libretto by Ion Roman and Radu AlbalaMichelangelo, opera ; libretto by the composer after Alexandru KirițescuSpinoza, opera ; libretto by Paul SterianCântec pentru Stalin, ode Glasul lui Lenin, cantata;Concertante
- Concerto for viola and orchestra
- Suite for cello solo
- Partita for violin solo