Ionel Fernic

Ionel Fernic (; May 29, 1901 – July 22, 1938) was a Romanian composer, aviator (civil pilot), writer, and one of the first Romanian parachutists.

Early life He was born in Târgoviște. His family moved to Galați, where Ionel attended the Vasile Alecsandri High School, and where he met his mentor, the Romanian composer and music teacher , who tutored him in the arts of piano and guitar music. Being a music enthusiast, and passionate about airplanes, Ionel Fernic was guided by his parents to attend a technical faculty but he eventually decided to go to the Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in Bucharest, where he was admitted at the drama section with the highest grade average. After settling in Ploiești, having an urge to create successful music, he composed a number of sentimental songs and tangos. His first tango, composed in 1931, was called Minciuna (better known by the name Pe boltă când apare luna), and was an adaptation of a French song proposed by Nicolae Kirițescu. His last jump was at an ARPA meeting held in Izmail, Ukraine (then part of Romania) when he jumped from a height of and landed in an unmarked place where he broke his left leg, and had to use a cane for the rest of his life. He was appointed director of the Cernăuți Pilot School, and was decorated by King Carol II with the Virtutea Aeronautică medal.

Death Fernic lost his life in an aviation accident on July 22, 1938, at the age of 37. Hearing of the death of Queen Marie of Romania in 1938, he desperately wanted to attend her funeral. Therefore, he embarked on a LOT Polish Airlines flight on the Warsaw–Cernăuți–Bucharest–Thessaloniki route, but after half an hour the plane mysteriously broke into two pieces and crashed between Gura Humorului and Câmpulung Moldovenesc, in the Negrileasa Forest, near the Stulpicani commune in Suceava County.

Musical plays Title of play Musical genre Verse Year Known interpretations Cruce albă de mesteacăn romance Artur Enășescu, Ion Sân-Giorgiu 1919 , Jean Moscopol Țiganca romance Artur Enășescu 1928 , Doina Badea La umbra nucului bătrân romance Alexandru Dinescu 1930 Minciuna(Pe boltă când apare luna) tango Aurel Felea 1931 , Cristian Vasile, Gică Petrescu Dar ești la fel(Quand même) tango Ionel Fernic (ro.)Nicolae Kirițescu (fr.) 1931 O dată tango Nicolae Kirițescu 1931 Îți mai aduci aminte, doamnă romance Cincinat Pavelescu 1932 , Jean Moscopol, Alexandru Giugaru Iubesc femeia tango-romance Ionel Fernic 1933 Cristian Vasile Mi-a murit norocul waltz-boston Nunuța Morțun Fernic 1933 Inima e o chitară foxtrot Ionel Fernic 1933 La geamul tău luminat tango Ionel Fernic 1934 Pentru tine am făcut nebunii tango Ionel Fernic 1934 Cristian Vasile E primăvară Argentinian tango Ionel Fernic 1935 Dormi, păpușă, noapte bună foxtrot slow Ionel Fernic 1935 Adio, doamnă tango unknown , Jean Moscopol Aprinde o țigară tango unknown , Cristian Vasile, Beau unknown Cristian Vasile Cea din urmă seară romance Ionel Fernic unknown Cel din urmă trandafir unknown Dă-mi mâinile să le sărut romance unknown Zavaidoc De ce mi-ai spus că mă iubești tango Ionel Fernic unknown Cristian Vasile, Tudor Gheorghe În ochii tăi fermecători tango Robert Storeck unknown Cristian Vasile Iartă-mi tango Jurmann unknown Mai spune-mi înc-odată tango Ionel Fernic unknown Jean Moscopol, Tudor Gheorghe Mihalache, mamă, dragă muzică populară Ionel Fernic unknown Zavaidoc Minte-mă tango unknown Cristian Vasile Nu cred tango Bachicha unknown Gion Nunuțo tango Ionel Fernic unknown Cristian Vasile Nu-mi mai spune iar minciuni de amor tango unknown Romanța celei care minte romance Ion Minulescu unknown Gică Petrescu, Traian Fortun Să nu te superi că te-njur romance unknown Zavaidoc Scrisoare de amor unknown Scrisoare de dor Aurel Felea unknown Margareta Pâslaru