Ștefan Neaga

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Ștefan Neaga
Born	(1900-12-07)December 7, 1900 USSR
Era	Folk-inspired early modern
Works	Anthem of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic

Ștefan Neaga (Russian: Степан Тимофеевич Няга; 7 December [O.S. 24 November] 1900 – 30 May 1951) was a Moldovan and Soviet composer. He was the son of the Moldovan "Lautar" folk musician Timofei Neaga.

Biography

From an early age he was a pianist in his father's orchestra. At the age of 18, he graduated with high distinction the School of Music in Chișinău in the class of piano of the prominent teacher and pianist from

, Liszt, Debussy, Ravel, R. Strauss, etc.

In 1926 he entered again the Academy of Music, Theater and Fine arts in the class of composition of Dimitrie Cuclin. There he was absorbed by the enthusiasm of composing, and, after graduating the Academy (in 1931), he decided to go to Paris where he met again Grigoraș Dinicu. There he was advised to enter École Normale de Musique de Paris in the class of composition of Nadia Boulanger, piano - with Alfred Cortot, and conducting - with Charles Munch.^[1][2][3][4]

Awards

• Stalin Prize (1950)^{[citation needed]}
• Order of Lenin^{[citation needed]}
• Honored Worker of the Moldavian SSR^{[citation needed]}

Legacy

The Chișinău College of Music (which has a monument in his honor) is named for him. In 1952, a street was named after him in the Sectorul Buiucani of the capital. His son Gheorghe was also a composer.

The following is a list of his more famous works:

• Anthem of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (1945)
• Stefan cel Mare
  (1945)
• Bessarabians (1947)
• Jubilee Cantata (1949)
• The Song of Revival (1951)

In regards to the melody for the MSSR anthem, Neaga said that he wanted to represent with his work "the creativity and love of

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