Margareta Xenopol


Margareta Xenopol was a Romanian composer, pianist and singer. She was the daughter of historian and author Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol.

Life

Xenopol was born in Iași, on 28 January 1892. She was the daughter of historian and author Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol. She initially studied piano with Margareta Sakellary from 1902 to 1907, and then with Aspasia Sion Burada. She studied with Walter Bachmann in Dresden, Germany. She studied voice with Alexandru Zirra, harmony and music theory with Paul Constantinescu, and composition and counterpoint with Martin Negrea in Bucharest. Romanian opera singer Elena Cernei recorded several of Xenopol's songs.

Works

Her compositions include:

Chamber

  • Elegy

Piano

  • Classical Etude
  • Concert Etude
  • Dream of Columbine Waltz
  • Idyll
  • Melancholy Waltz
  • Prelude
  • Russian Suite
  • Sonatina
  • Theme and Variations

Vocal