If I’d had to select a single song, I would choose Ballade for Violin and Piano, Op 29, by Ciprian Porumbescu. It is, from far, my favorite music. Maybe you have to live here, in Romania, in order to be able to understand it. It was moments when I danced, and moments when I cried listening to it. It accompanied me in many of the important steps of my life, being it good or bad.
About Ciprian Porumbescu:
He was born into the family of Iraclie Gołęmbiowski (who changed the Polish-sounding family name to its Romanian translation) an ethnic Romanian writer and Orthodox priest of possible Polish origins. He studied music in Suceava and Cernăuţi, then continued at the Konservatorium für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna, under Anton Bruckner and Franz Krenn.
He was among the most celebrated Romanian composers of his time; his most popular works are the pieces Crai nou, Trei culori, Song for the 1st of May, Ballad for violin and piano, Serenada. In addition, he composed the music for Pe-al nostru steag e scris Unire, which was used for Albania’s national anthem, Hymni i Flamurit.
He was imprisoned by the Austrian authorities because of his political activities, and composed his major works while in confinement. He died at the age of 29 in Stupca, nowadays renamed Ciprian Porumbescu.
(from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciprian_Porumbescu )
See a video fragment of this beautiful ballade here:
and the full ballade, in mp3 format, here:
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