# Pascal Bentoiu
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{{Short description|Romanian composer (1927–2016)}}
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'''Pascal Bentoiu''' (22 April 1927 – 21 February 2016) was a [Romania](/source/Romania)n [modernist](/source/modernist) [composer](/source/composer).
== Life and career ==
Bentoiu studied [harmony](/source/harmony), [counterpoint](/source/counterpoint) and [composition](/source/Musical_composition) with [Mihail Jora](/source/Mihail_Jora) and piano with [Theophil Demetriescu](/source/Theophil_Demetriescu). He spent three years researching the [rhythm](/source/rhythm) and [harmony](/source/harmony) of [Romanian folk music](/source/Music_of_Romania) at the [Bucharest](/source/Bucharest) Folklore Institute and then began composing for the stage. His [opera](/source/opera)s are written with dramatic flair and make use of a variety of elements, including folksong, tape, serialism and [diatonic](/source/diatonic) qualities. His instrumental and orchestral works also contain a variety of contemporary techniques, and Bentoiu's work is characterized by its color and lyricism.
He has edited the sketches of the [Fourth](/source/Symphony_No._4_(Enescu)) (1934) and [Fifth](/source/Symphony_No._5_(Enescu)) (1941) Symphonies of [Georges Enescu](/source/Georges_Enescu) into shape for performance.[{{cite web|last=Dickerson|first=Evan|accessdate=2007-11-02|url=http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2005/May05/Enescu_part1.htm|date=May 2005|title=George Enescu Part I|publisher=MusicWeb}}] (There is a recording of both realizations from a 1998 festival.)
In 1949, he married [Annie Deculescu](/source/Annie_Bentoiu).
Bentoiu died in Bucharest on 21 February 2016 at the age of 88.[{{cite web |url=http://cultural.bzi.ro/compozitorul-pascal-bentoiu-a-murit-la-varsta-de-88-de-ani-40984 |title=Compozitorul Pascal Bentoiu a murit la varsta de 88 de ani |website=Cultural.bzi.ro |date=17 June 2003 |accessdate=2016-02-24 |archive-date=2016-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224021322/http://cultural.bzi.ro/compozitorul-pascal-bentoiu-a-murit-la-varsta-de-88-de-ani-40984 |url-status=dead }}]
== Compositions ==
=== Orchestral ===
* Symphony nr. 1, op.16 (1965)
* Symphony nr. 2, op.20 (1974)
* Symphony nr. 3, op.22 (1976)
* Symphony nr. 4, op.25 (1978)
* Symphony nr. 5, op.26 (1979)
* Symphony nr. 6 "Culori”, op.28 (1985)
* Symphony nr. 7 "Volume”, op.29 (1986)
* Symphony nr. 8 "Imagini”, op.30 (1987)
* "Eminesciana III", Orchestra Concerto, op. 23 (1976)
* Symphonic Poem "Luceafărul”, op. 7, on [Mihai Eminescu](/source/Mihai_Eminescu) (1957)
* Symphonic Suite "Images from Bucharest”, op. 10 (1959)
* "Ardelenească" Suite, op. 6 (1955)
* Concert Ouverture, op. 2 (1948)
* Piano Concerto nr. 1, op. 5 (1954)
* Piano Concerto nr. 2, op. 12 (1960)
* Violin Concerto, op. 9 (1958)
* Cello Concerto, op. 31 (1989)
=== Theatre ===
* [Nunta lui Figaro](/source/Nunta_lui_Figaro) (Beaumarchais)
* [Fântâna Blanduziei](/source/F%C3%A2nt%C3%A2na_Blanduziei) (Alecsandri)
* [Femeia îndărătnică](/source/Femeia_%C3%AEnd%C4%83r%C4%83tnic%C4%83) (Shakespeare); de același author ''Doi domni din Verona'', ''Romeo și Julieta'', ''Poveste de iarnă'', ''Hamlet'', ''Visul unei nopți de vară''
precum și pentru alte piese, de alți autori ([Eschil](/source/Eschil), [Euripide](/source/Euripide), Camus, Rostand ș.a.)
=== Chamber music ===
* Piano Sonata, op. 1 (1947, rev. in 1957)
* Piano and Violin Sonata op. 14 (1962)
* String Quartet nr. 1, op. 3 (1953)
* String Quartet nr. 2 „al consonanțelor”, op. 19, (1973)
* String Quartet nr. 3, op. 27a (1981)
* String Quartet nr. 4, op. 27b (1981)
* String Quartet nr. 5, op. 27c (1982)
* String Quartet nr. 6, op. 27d (1982)
=== Songs ===
* „Patru cântece pe versuri de [Șt.O. Iosif](/source/%C8%98tefan_Octavian_Iosif)”, op. 4 (1953)
* Trei sonete ([Mihai Eminescu](/source/Mihai_Eminescu)), op. 8 (1958)
* Cinci cântece ([Nina Cassian](/source/Nina_Cassian)), op. 11 (1959)
* Patru cântece ([Mihai Beniuc](/source/Mihai_Beniuc)), op. 13 (1961)
* „Flăcări negre” ([Alexandru Miran](/source/Alexandru_Miran)), op. 21 (1974)
* „Incandescențe” ([Alexandru Miran](/source/Alexandru_Miran)), op. 24 (1977)
* „Gelozie” ([George Topîrceanu](/source/George_Top%C3%AErceanu))
== Writings ==
* ''Imagine și sens'' (1971, ed. 2/1973, French version 1979)
* ''Deschideri spre lumea muzicii '' (1973)
* ''Gândirea muzicală'' (1975)
* ''Capodopere enesciene'' (1984), English translation by Lory Wallfisch, as ''Masterworks of George Enescu: A Detailed Analysis'' (2010)
* ''Breviar enescian'' (2005)
* ''Opt simfonii și un poem'' (2007)
== References ==
* Cosma, V. (2005). ''Enciclopedia muzicii românești'', vol. 1 (A-B). București: Ed. „Arc 2000”.
* Bentoiu, P. (2007). ''Opt simfonii și un poem''. București: Ed. Universității Naționale de Muzică.
* Radu, S. (2008). ''În jurul lui Pascal Bentoiu''. vol.1 Sonatele cu pian, vol.2 Liedurile, București: Ed. Universității Naționale de Muzică.
* Manoleanu, R. (2008). ''Paradigme ludice în muzica românească''. București: Ed. Universității Naționale de Muzică.
* Rotărescu, E. (2010). ''Creația concertantă a lui Pascal Bentoiu'', București: Ed. Universității Naționale de Muzică.
==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.ucmr.org.ro/scripts/pagini.pl?pag=1483&mod=&opt=A&set_lang=en Biographical data from UCMR (Romanian Union of Composers and Musicologists)]
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