George Enescu in Correspondence Pages
George Enescu in Correspondence Pages

Summary/Abstract: This study presents several ideas derived from the research of some correspondence pages kept in the GENM archive in Bucharest – letters, telegrams sent to the Maestro by three senders (two scientists and a musician): Grigore Eugeniu Neculcea (1876-1954, politician, physicist, mathematician), Constantin Motăș (1891-1981, zoologist, biologist) and Fernand Halphen (1872-1917, composer). These pages have led to dissertations that reveal details about the musician’s biography as well as information about the personalities appearing on his correspondence list. Scientists, scholars and musicians alike appreciated George Enescu’s human and professional qualities, confessing their admiration in congratulatory messages, or in friendly or official letters. Preserved by the composer and then by the museum that nowadays bears his name, the research of these correspondence pages confirms already known facts, or reveals others less known about George Enescu.

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