Maria Chefaliady-Taban
Maria Chefaliady-Taban (4 November 1863 – 11 June 1932) was a Romanian pianist, music educator and composer. She composed romantic-style works with folk elements, typified by her choral composition Hora carturarului Urechia (Scholar Urechia’s Ring Dance). She performed Bach, Schumann, Beethoven and Greig as a concert pianist, and taught singing. Students of Chefaliady-Taban include Mircea Stefanescu.
Life
[edit]Chefaliady-Taban was born in Iaşi and studied at the Iaşi Conservatory, studying piano with Anetta Boscoff and theory and solfege with Enrico Mezetti.[1][2] She continued her studies from 1883–85 in Vienna with Joseph Dachs, Joseph Gansbacher, Adolf Prosnitz and Joseph Hellmesberger at the Akademie fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst.[1][3] Chefaliady-Taban was offered a scholarship to stay another year in Vienna, but was homesick for Romania. On her return to Bucharest she married Vasile Taban, a cashier at the Ministry of Finance, but the couple divorced after five years.[4]
After completing her studies, Chefaliady-Taban performed as a concert pianist, debuting on 11 November 1880, and performing works by Bach, Schumann, Beethoven and Greig.[1][2] She appeared at the Romanian Athenaeum and the National Theatre, and performed on an Erard Piano that she had specially commissioned in Paris.[4] Later she became a singing teacher in Iasi and Bucharest, teaching at the Humpel Girls' Institute. Students of Chefaliady-Taban include Adelina Kneisel, Julieta Missir, Aurelia Protopopescu and Mircea Stefanescu.[2]
Chefaliady-Taban died in Bucharest on the 11 June 1932, aged sixty-nine.[2]
Works
[edit]Chefaliady-Taban's style has been called romantic, and she incorporated folk-lore into her compositions. She composed choral works and songs. Selected works include:[5][2]
- Hora carturarului Urechia (Scholar Urechia’s Ring Dance) choral work (1901)
- Imnul studentilor universitari romani (Romanian Students’ Anthem) (1901)
- Atit de frageda (So Tender) (1900)
- O, ramii (Oh, don’t Go) (1905)
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Chefaliady-Taban, Maria (1863 – 1932)". Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
- ↑ Cosma, Viorel (2006). Muzicieni din România: Ș-Z.
- 1 2 Viorel, Cosma. "Texte și documente inedite Istoria muzicii în autobiografii (VIII)" (PDF).
- ↑ KAWebb (2 June 2012). "Chefaliady-Taban, Maria". KVAST. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
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