Theodor von Flondor

Tudor Flondor (July 10, 1862 – June 23, 1908) was an ethnic Romanian composer and politician in Austria-Hungary, in the Duchy of Bukovina.

Born into an Orthodox Christian family in Storojineț,

Flondor became mayor of Rogojești in 1889, He was elected to the Diet of Bukovina in 1898, winning 63 of 66 votes as a moderate member of the Romanian National Party. following an appointment by Emperor Franz Joseph, he was head of the Bukovina Commission on Agriculture, his second great passion. He wrote a large number of compositions at his estate of Rogojești, where he spent most of his time; he inherited the property after his father's death in 1892. His output had a patriotic, national character, extending beyond the borders of Bukovina, helping to spur Romanian activism there. He died at Schlachtensee.

Flondor composed music for theatre: Rămășugul (text by Vasile Alecsandri), comedy, 1883; Nunta țărănească (text by Alecsandri), operetta, 1883; Lița Pescărița (libretto by N. A. Bogdan), operetta, 1883; Rusaliile (libretto by Alecsandri), operetta, 1884; Cinel-cinel, vaudeville with a libretto by Alecsandri, 1884; Drum de fier (1884); Florin și Florica (vaudeville, 1884); Noaptea Sfântului Gheorghe (operetta, 1885); Moș Ciocârlan (libretto by Constantin Berariu and Temistocle Bocancea), operetta, 1889. His piano music includes: Visuri (waltz, 1885); Saluts des Montagnes (waltz, 1886); Din depărtare (waltz, 1890); La violette (polka-mazurka, 1891); Florile Bucovinei (waltz, 1891). He wrote numerous pieces of choral music, including the masterpiece Somnoroase păsărele, and vocal music for voice and piano.

His brother was Iancu Flondor. In 1888, he married Maria Ciuntu, the daughter of a great landowning family from the Romanian Old Kingdom, originally from the Roman area. The couple had four children: diplomat Constantin, soprano Isabela-Nectaria, politician Gheorghe and composer Florica.