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Temistocle Popa
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Quick Facts
| Intro | Romanian musician |
| Was | Musician Composer Songwriter Actor Film score composer |
| From | Romania |
| Field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio Music |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 27 June 1921, Galați |
| Death | 26 November 2013, Bucharest (aged 92 years) |
The details (from wikipedia)
Biography
Themistocles Popa (June 27, 1921 – November 26, 2013) was a Romanian composer, musician, and film actor.
Life
Temistocle Popa studied flute, harp, and saxophone at the National University of Music Bucharest. He then worked with musicians such as Sergiu Malagamba and Ion Dacian, and was close friends with the popular Romanian singer Maria Tănase. Beginning in the early 1960s, he wrote music for many Romanian films.
He was married to actress Cornelia Teodosiu, and resided with her in Bucharest. After the Romanian Revolution of 1989 Popa lost almost his entire fortune due to nationalization of assets.
In 2004 he received the Romanian National Order Legal Service, attaining the rank of Knight.
List of film scores
- Kingdom in the Clouds (1969)
- Cîntecele mării (1971)
- Astă seară dansăm în familie (1972)
- Sfînta Tereza și diavolii (1972)
- Veronica (1972)
- Cu mîinile curate (1972)
- Ultimul cartuș (1973)
- Veronica se întoarce (1973)
- Tată de duminică (1975)
- Singurătatea florilor (1976)
- Premiera (1976)
- Roșcovanul (1976)
- Eu, tu, și... Ovidiu (1978)
- Melodii, melodii (1978)
- Secretul lui Bachus (1984)
- Zbor periculos (1984)
- Căsătorie cu repetiție (1985)
- Secretul lui Nemesis (1987)
- Duminică în familie (1988)
Books
- Trecea fanfara militară (1989).
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