Florica Racovitză-Flondor

Florica Racovitză-Flondor (also Racoviță; 13 November 1897 - 7 February 1983) was a Romanian composer and pianist who composed vocal and instrumental works, including at least five operettas. Some of her works were inspired by Romanian folklore.

Racovitză-Flondor was born in Rogojești, in Austria-Hungary’s Duchy of Bukovina. to Maria Ciuntu and Tudor Flondor. Her father was a politician, composer and conductor. She married Brigadier General Aurel Racovitză in 1924 Later, she studied composition in Bucharest. Her teachers included Mihail Jora, Eusebius Mandyczewski, Joseph Marx, Emil Sauer, and Richard Stöhr.

Racovitză-Flondor belonged to the American Society of Composer, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). Her compositions were published by Editions Musicales and included:

Operettas

Lita the Fish Eater

Santa Claus

Peasant Wedding (libretto by Vasile Alecsandri)

Pentecost

Remnant

Organ

Chorale

Prelude

Piano

Burlesque

Caprice

Dance

From Children’s Life (Suite)

Fugues in f minor and G Major

Improvisation

Noveletta

Prelude and Fugue in c minor

Sonata in f minor

Song Without Words

Source in the Woods

Three Intermezzi

Three Preludes

Three Romanian Dances

Three Studies

Toccata

Variations on a Romanian Theme

Vocal

Thirty Christmas Carols (harmonized for male voices)