Ciprian Porumbescu
Ciprian Porumbescu was a Romanian composer born in ipotele Sucevei in Bukovina . He was among the most celebrated Romanian composers of his time his popular works include Crai nou, Trei culori, Song for the 1st of May, Ballad for violin and piano, and Serenada. In addition, he composed the music for Peal nostru steag e scris Unire, which was used for Albanias national anthem, Hymni i Flamurit. His work spreads over various forms and musical genres, but the majority of his work is choral and operetta.
Ciprian Porumbescu was born into the family of Iraclie Porumbescu, an ethnic Romanian writer and Orthodox priest of Romanian origins, whose Romanian name was changed by Austrian authorities into Golembiovski. The name Porumbescu was changed from Golembiovski in 1881 when Ciprian was at school in Suceava. He studied music in Suceava and Cernui, then continued at the Konservatorium fr Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna from 1879 to 1881 under Anton Bruckner and Franz Krenn. His artistic career as a composer, conductor, violinist, and pianist started in Cernui, and continued in Vienna, and later in Braov where he taught vocal music at Romanian schools.
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