Margareta Xenopol (January 28, 1892 – July 8, 1979) was a Romanian composer, pianist and singer. She was born in Iași, the daughter of historian and author Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol. She initially studied piano with Margareta Sakellary and Aspasia
Sion Burada, then studied with Walter Bachmann in Dresden, Germany. She studied voice with Alexandru Zirra, music theory with Paul Constantinescu, and composition with Martin Negrea in Bucharest. Romanian opera singer Elena Cernei recorded several of Xenopol's songs.
Works
Her compositions include:
Chamber
Elegy (cello and piano)
Piano
Classical Etude
Concert Etude (1947)
Dream of Columbine Waltz
Idyll (1912)
Melancholy Waltz
Prelude
Russian Suite (1950)
Sonatina
Theme and Variations
Vocal
And for Your Black Eyes
Autumn Song
Blue Cigarette Smoke
(The) Days Pass, But the Love Remains
Four Romances
I Am Watching You
I Love Like I Never Loved
I Wanted to Run Away from You
Let's Go, Sailor (men's choir)
Nocturne
Prayer (text by Mihai Eminescu; choir)
Psalm 19 (choir)
Return
Romance of the Heart (text by Ion Minulescu)
Romances without Music
Three Romances
Why Do I Dream?