Maria Chefaliady-Taban

Maria Chefaliady-Taban (b. 4 Nov 1863, d. 11 June 1932) was a Romanian pianist, music educator and composer. She was born in Iaşi and studied at the Iaşi Conservatory with Anetta Boscoff. She continued her studies from 1883-85 in Vienna with Joseph Dachs and Joseph Hellmesberger at the Akademie fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst.^[1][2]

After completing her studies, Chefaliady-Taban performed as a concert pianist and later became a singing teacher in Ia§i and Bucharest. She died in Bucharest.^[3]

Works

Chefaliady-Taban incorporated folk-lore into her compositions. Selected works include:

• 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

1. ^ "Chefaliady-Taban, Maria (1863 – 1932)". http://abitofhistory.net/html/rhw/body_files/c_body.htm. Retrieved 19 January 2011. 
2. ^ Cosma, Viorel (2006). Muzicieni din România: Ș-Z. 
3. ^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994) (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. http://books.google.com/books?id=IvoQQU1QL_QC&pg=PA116&dq=Maria+Chefaliady-Taban+(1863%E2%80%931932)&hl=en&ei=3WU2TbLwK8K88gak0PnCAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Maria%20Chefaliady-Taban%20(1863%E2%80%931932)&f=false. Retrieved 19 January 2011. 

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Name	Chefaliady-Taban, Maria
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Date of birth	1863
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Date of death	11 June 1932
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