Maria Chefaliady-Taban Explained

Maria Chefaliady-Taban (4 November 186311 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 Iasi 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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chefaliady-Taban, Maria (1863 – 1932). 19 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110715193631/http://abitofhistory.net/html/rhw/body_files/c_body.htm. 15 July 2011. dead.
2. Book: Muzicieni din România: Ș-Z. Cosma, Viorel. 2006.
3. Book: The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. Julie Anne. Sadie. Rhian. Samuel. 1994. 9780393034875. 19 January 2011.