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Biography
Andrei Tudor (Romanian pronunciation: [anˈdrej ˈtudor]; (born Isaac Rozenzweig; August 31, 1907, Brăila – June 18, 1959, Bucharest) was a Romanian poet, translator and musicologist.
Life
Tudor was born to a Jewish family in Brăila, the son of Mayer and Tony Rozenzweig.After graduating from the Nicolae Bălcescu National College in 1926, he attended law school at University of Bucharest.
He was licensed to practice in 1930, though ultimately never pursued a career in law. Instead, Tudor decided to pursue a literary and journalistic career in the capital; allowing himself a more intellectually conducive environment in which he could write about his true interests.
In 1940, Romania legislated its equivalent of the Nuremberg Laws, at approximately the same time when Tudor’s career began to gain traction. Much like other prominent Jewish writers of the time, his name was suppressed from media.
While in Prague in 1959, he fell ill. He ultimately sought treatment in Bucharest, but shortly thereafter succumbed to his illness as a result of medical negligence while hospitalized.
Career
Tudor debuted his literary career in 1927 with a translation of French poet Francis Jammes.His first the poem, Trupește,was printed in 1928. Tudor's poetry and prose appeared in avant-garde publications. Several newspapers and periodicals regularly printed his musical, theatre and cinema reviews. In 1935 his first and only poetry volume, Love 1926, was awarded the poetry prize by Fundația Pentru Literatură și Artă "Regele Carol II". It was published in 1937. Along with other membersof the Criterion group, Tudor was closely associatedwith, the now defunct, Pro-Arte music conservatory.After the war he translated Social realist poets from the USSR, Czechoslovakia and Korea. but his interests increasingly turned to music. He held lectures to popularize classical music before live audiences and on the radio. Tudor, an early Enescu scholar, curated [1] the newly (1956) established museum [2] dedicated to the composer. In May 1955 he wrote a proposal for an international Enescu festival [3]. The first edition of the festival took place in 1958. Tudor worked at several cultural institutions:
- 1951 - 1952 editor-in-chief at Revista Muzica [The Music Journal] (official publication of the Union of Composers and Musicologists from Romania)[4]
- 1950 - 1959 professor at the Bucharest Conservatory[5]
- 1951 - 1959 director - Music History department, Art History Institute, Romanian Academy[6] [7]
- 1951 - 1956 professor at the Institute for Theatre I. L. Caragiale Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film
- 1955 - 1959 Editorial Committee member[8] Studii și Cercetări de Istoria Artei [Art history: Studies and Research] (official publication of the Romanian Academy, Art History Institute)
Selected works
Poetry
Translations
- (1927) Francis Jammes Prayer
- (1950) Soviet poets: Peace songs
- (1951) Korean poetry selections
- (1952) The book of blood: the heroic resistance of the Greek people
- (1955) Vítězslav Nezval A song of peace
Prose
- (1947) Moscow : A report about the metropolis of the new world
Translations
- (1953) Leonid Lench Funny Stories
Musicology
Books
- (1951) Sovietic music in full swing Pref.
- (1957) Enescu
- (1959) George Enescu: His Life in Pictures
Essays
- (1945) A note on tradition in soviet music
- (1947) Three decades of soviet music
- (1956) Enescu's work and the problems of folk themes use in musical creation
- (1955) Eduard Caudella and the Romanian lyrical theatre
- (1959) New creative aspects of contemporary Romanian symphonic music
Articles
- (1946) Music Chronicle
- (1946) The Society of Rumanian Composers
- (1946) The Forthcoming Musical Season
- (1947) Rumanian Musicians and the Exchange of Culture
- (1947) Opening of the Season
- (1947) Rumanian Artistic Relations With Foreign Countries
- (1955) Rumanian Music Forges Ahead
Citations
Sources
- Academia Română (2007). "Andrei Tudor" [General Dictionary of Romanian Literature]. Dicționarul General al Literaturii Române (in Romanian). București: Editura Univers Enciclopedic. pp. 787–788. ISBN 978-973-637-070-0. OCLC 1288698681.
- Cosma, Viorel (2006). "Andrei Tudor" [Romanian Musicians]. Muzicieni din România (in Romanian). Vol. 9. Bucharest: Music Publishing House. p. 114. ISBN 978-973-42-0441-0. OCLC 21372940.
- Stancu, Zaharia (1934). "Andrei Tudor" [Young Poets' Anthology]. Antologia Poeților Tineri (in Romanian). Fundația Pentru Literatură și Artă "Regele Carol II". OCLC 31368873.
- Podoleanu, S. (1935). "Andrei Tudor" [60 Romanian Jewish Writers]. 60 Scriitori Români De Origină Evreească (in Romanian). Vol. 2. București: Slova. pp. 345–348. OCLC 252731680.
- Călinescu, Gheorghe (1941). "Andrei Tudor" [The history of Romanian literature from origins until present]. Istoria Literaturii Române Dela Origini Până în Prezent (in Romanian). București: Fundat̡ia regală pentru literatură s̡i artă. pp. 818–819. OCLC 1064893006. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
- Manolescu, Florin Lucian. "Andrei Tudor". blogspot.com. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
- "Revista Fundațiilor Regale". Revista Fundațiilor Regale [The Journal of the Royal Foundation for Art and Literature] (in Romanian). OCLC 3092764.
- Crotty, Joel (Summer 2009). "Promoting Romanian Music Abroad: The Rumanian Review (1946–1956)". Music & Politics. III (2). doi:10.3998/mp.9460447.0003.203.
- Grăsoiu, Dorina (1986). Mihail Sebastian Sau Ironia Unui Destin [Mihail Sebastian or The irony of one's destiny] (in Romanian). București: Editura Minerva. OCLC 18064988.
- Hangiu, Ion (2008). Romanian publications from origin to present. Chronological dictionary 1790–2007. București: Editurii Comunicare.ro. ISBN 978-973-711-163-0.
- Mitchievici, A. (2019). "Shadows of Paradise". Shadows of Paradise: Romanian Intellectuals and the Soviet Union. Central European University Press. pp. 99–124. ISBN 9789633863039. JSTOR 10.7829/j.ctvs1g8th.8.
- Dumitrescu-Bușulenga, Zoe (2002). "Un conservator uitat: pro-arte" [Pro-Arte: A forgotten music conservatory]. Magazin Istoric (2). Retrieved 2023-05-07.
