- Liviu Comes
Liviu Comes (December 13, 1918,
Şerel ,Hunedoara County ,Romania — September 28, 2004) was a Romaniancomposer andmusicologist .He studied
music at the Municipal Music Conservatory inTârgu Mureş (1927-1937), later at the Cluj Music Conservatory (1946-1950). He also studiedmedicine at the Cluj-Sibiu University (1937-1943).Between 1950 and 1969 he was a professor of
harmony ,counterpoint and musical forms at the Music Conservatory in Cluj. Between 1965 and 1970 he waschancellor of the same Conservatory.From 1969 to 1981 he was professor of counterpoint and
fugue at theBucharest Music Conservatory. There he was a department head from 1979 to 1981.Between 1977 and 1990 he was secretary of the didactic and children's section at the Composers' Union of Romania.
He was awarded several prizes, including the "Romanian Academy's Prize" (1974) and "The Romanian Composers' Union Prize" (1972, 1976, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1998).
elected bibliography
*Co-author of "Musical Dictionary", 1979, Bucharest, Ed. Ştiinţifică şi Enciclopedică
*Co-author of "The History of World Music by Date", 1983, Bucharest, Ed. Muzicală.
*Co-author of "A Treatise on Vocal and Instrumental Counterpoint", 1987, Bucharest, Muzica, 1/1987
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