Person · Male
Ștefan Niculescu
- From
- Dâmbovița, Romania
- Active
- 1927–2008
- Releases
- 3
- spectralism
About
Ștefan Niculescu (July 31, 1927 – January 22, 2008) was a Romanian composer, musicologist, and professor. He composed contemporary art music, spanning many genres. He took particular inspiration from the musical folklore of the Far East, heterophony, and electronic music. For many years he taught composition at the National University of Music Bucharest.
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Niculescu was born in Moreni, Dâmbovița County. He created his own type of heterophony, a technique based on superimposing melodic material onto variations of itself in order to create textures that are propelled by thematic energy as well as by the more common textural factors of density and levels of activity. This creative approach bears similarities with György Ligeti's micropolyphony, but important aesthetic and stylistic differences set them apart.
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Also known as
Stefan Niculescu · Ştefan Niculescu
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 963f0bc0-b09c-4b3f-b709-0297cdda61a8
- ISNI
- 0000000111252770
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