Happy Birthday Romania

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schnittkease

#1
December 01, 2018, 11:55:10 AM
Thank you, Romania, for Enescu, Rădulescu, Dumitrescu, and Avram!

GioCar

#2
December 01, 2018, 11:09:38 PM
and for Clara Haskil, Dinu Lipatti, Radu Lupu, Costantin Silvestri and obviously Sergiu Celibidache!

vandermolen

#3
December 02, 2018, 12:20:58 AM
Yes, Happy Birthday Romania!

Constantin Silvestri was a very fine conductor - his 'Tallis Fantasia' by Vaughan Williams is one of the very greatest recorded performances of the work in my opinion.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Florestan

#4
December 02, 2018, 01:24:28 AM
Thank you, guys! A big and special celebration for us indeed! I have changed my profile accordingly.

(There's quite a long list of Romanians without which the world would not have been the same in many fields, including but not limited to, aeronautics, medicine, engineering, architecture, literature and last but not least the simple act of writing (fountain pen invented by Petrache :Poenaru).  8) )
"Ja, sehr komisch, hahaha,
ist die Sache, hahaha,
drum verzeihn Sie, hahaha,
wenn ich lache, hahaha! "

shirime

#5
December 02, 2018, 01:37:03 AM
Happy birthday! Thank you especially for Radulescu and Avram, two of my favourite Romanian composers.

vandermolen

#6
December 02, 2018, 01:50:36 AM Last Edit: December 02, 2018, 02:15:06 AM by vandermolen
In light-hearted celebration I thought I'd post their extraordinary Eurovision 2017 entry ('Yodel It') featuring Ilinca (the only Romanian yodeller) and Alex Florea.

Got my vote  :)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TtJw_CLQCUw

I should point out that I don't usually watch Eurovision but my daughter was in Kyiv at the time (where it was taking place) watching it on a giant screen.

The song did very well in the competition.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

vandermolen

#7
December 02, 2018, 02:17:51 AM
On a serious note Elie Wiesel (whom one of my students corresponded with) and Ionesco come to mind among many others.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Christo

#8
December 02, 2018, 06:17:25 AM
La mulţi (b)ani!
... music is not only an 'entertainment', nor a mere luxury, but a necessity of the spiritual if not of the physical life, an opening of those magic casements through which we can catch a glimpse of that country where ultimate reality will be found.    RVW, 1948

Ken B

#9
December 02, 2018, 07:07:39 AM
Hey, Andrei! Celebrate by cleaning out your inbox!  ::) :laugh: $:)

Archaic Torso of Apollo

#10
December 02, 2018, 08:44:29 AM
I don't think Ligeti and Xenakis count as Romanian, but they were both born there, within about a year of each other.
formerly VELIMIR (before that, Spitvalve)

"Who knows not strict counterpoint, lives and dies an ignoramus" - CPE Bach

Florestan

#11
December 02, 2018, 08:59:38 AM
Quote from: Christo on December 02, 2018, 06:17:25 AM
La mulţi (b)ani!

He, he!  Thanks a lot!  :D
"Ja, sehr komisch, hahaha,
ist die Sache, hahaha,
drum verzeihn Sie, hahaha,
wenn ich lache, hahaha! "

Florestan

#12
December 02, 2018, 09:01:35 AM
Quote from: Ken B on December 02, 2018, 07:07:39 AM
Hey, Andrei! Celebrate by cleaning out your inbox!  ::) :laugh: $:)

Done!
"Ja, sehr komisch, hahaha,
ist die Sache, hahaha,
drum verzeihn Sie, hahaha,
wenn ich lache, hahaha! "

zamyrabyrd

#13
December 06, 2018, 10:38:13 PM
Hey, I missed the party.
Does Bartók count?, He was born in Nagyszentmiklós, Hungary, Austria-Hungary, now Sânnicolau Mare, Romania.
"Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, one by one."

― Charles MacKay, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

North Star

#14
December 07, 2018, 12:03:31 AM
Quote from: zamyrabyrd on December 06, 2018, 10:38:13 PM
Hey, I missed the party.
Does Bartók count?, He was born in Nagyszentmiklós, Hungary, Austria-Hungary, now Sânnicolau Mare, Romania.
With Hungarian, Serbian, German, Magyar, and Slavic ancestry, originating from Austro-Hungarian Empire, no. Funnily enough, Kurtág and Ligeti were also born in modern day Romania.
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." - Confucius

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Florestan

#15
December 07, 2018, 01:08:28 AM
Quote from: North Star on December 07, 2018, 12:03:31 AM
With Hungarian, Serbian, German, Magyar, and Slavic ancestry, originating from Austro-Hungarian Empire, no. Funnily enough, Kurtág and Ligeti were also born in modern day Romania.

Bartok, Kurtag and Ligeti are definitely Hungarian --- not that there's anything wrong with that, mind you. Paul Celan, Tristan Tzara and Benjamin Fondane, on the other hand, are Romanian.
"Ja, sehr komisch, hahaha,
ist die Sache, hahaha,
drum verzeihn Sie, hahaha,
wenn ich lache, hahaha! "

Ken B

#16
December 07, 2018, 05:36:40 AM
Quote from: Florestan on December 07, 2018, 01:08:28 AM
Bartok, Kurtag and Ligeti are definitely Hungarian --- not that there's anything wrong with that, mind you. Paul Celan, Tristan Tzara and Benjamin Fondane, on the other hand, are Romanian.
And Ion Rîmaru.

Cato

#17
December 07, 2018, 05:46:36 AM Last Edit: December 07, 2018, 05:48:22 AM by Cato
Quote from: Florestan on December 07, 2018, 01:08:28 AM
Bartok, Kurtag and Ligeti are definitely Hungarian --- not that there's anything wrong with that, mind you. Paul Celan, Tristan Tzara and Benjamin Fondane, on the other hand, are Romanian.

Paul Celan!!!  One of the best poets of the 20th Century!  I used his works now and then in German IV to rattle my students souls!  ;)

If you are not acquainted with his works, they are worth your time, especially if you know German, but even in translation, they are quite expressive and mysterious at the same time.
"Meet Miss Ruth Sherwood, from Columbus, Ohio, the Middle of the Universe!"

- Brian Aherne introducing Rosalind Russell in  My Sister Eileen (1942)

Ken B

#18
December 07, 2018, 06:36:48 AM
Quote from: Cato on December 07, 2018, 05:46:36 AM
Paul Celan!!!  One of the best poets of the 20th Century!  I used his works now and then in German IV to rattle my students souls!  ;)

If you are not acquainted with his works, they are worth your time, especially if you know German, but even in translation, they are quite expressive and mysterious at the same time.
Michael Nyman set a few of them too.

vandermolen

#19
December 12, 2018, 10:18:04 AM
'Wish you were here': painting by Asiza Demetrian:
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).
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