Cornelia Tăutu

Cornelia Tăutu (10 March 1938 – 24 March 2019) was a Romanian composer best known for film soundtracks.[1][2]

Biography

Cornelia Tăutu was born in Odorhei, Romania in 1938.[3] She studied both music composition and pedagogy at the National University of Music in Bucharest, and was a student of Aurel Stroe, Anatol Vieru, and Mihail Jora.[4] She then worked at both the Dialectological Research Institute and the Institute of Ethnological as a researcher for a time before traveling to New York City in 1971 to study composition at Long Island University with Raoul Pleskov.[3]

Works

Tăutu has written works including:

  • Divertisment folcloric
  • Coralia for children's chorus and orchestra
  • Rota for chamber ensemble
  • De Doi (The Two) for viola and cello (1994)

Her music has been recorded and issued on CD including:

  • Romanian Women Composers 2, Musica Nova and the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation, 2006
  • MARIN CONSTANTIN, Electrecord
  • Romania Today (June 30, 1998) by Dinescu, Dediu, Stroe, Brumariu, et al., Pro Viva (Ger), ASIN: B000007TAJ

Filmography

Tăutu has composed music for films including:

  • 1992 Ramînerea
  • 1988 Drumet în calea lupilor
  • 1988 The Moromete Family
  • 1987 Cetatea ascunsa
  • 1987 Zloty pociag[5]
  • 1983 Caruta cu mere
  • 1983 Impossible Love
  • 1980 Dumbrava minunata
  • 1978 Actiunea Autobuzul
  • 1978 Buzduganul cu trei peceti
  • 1978 Together Again
  • 1975 Patima[6]

References

  1. ^ Andreescu, Crişan (2019-03-28). "Compozitoarea Cornelia Tăutu a murit. De ce era cunoscută". DCNews. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  2. ^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  3. ^ a b Cosma, Octavian; Rădulescu, Antigona (2001), "Tăutu, Cornelia", Oxford Music Online, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.47270, retrieved 2026-03-11
  4. ^ "CIMRO.RO | Cornelia Tăutu". Retrieved 2026-03-11.
  5. ^ Nash, Jay Robert (1988). The Motion Picture Guide 1988 Annual: The Films of 1987. Cinebooks. ISBN 9780933997165. Retrieved 11 November 2010. Cornelia Tautu.
  6. ^ "Cornelia Tăutu". IMDb. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
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