Zeno Vancea

Zeno Octavian Vancea, born on 10 October 1900 in Bocsa , † 15 January 1990 in Bucharest, was a Romanian composer and musicologist. Zeno Octavian Vancea had Lugoj lessons with Ion Vidu and Josef Willer. He studied in Cluj at Gheorghe Dima and Augustin Bena and from 1921 to 1926 and 1931-32 at the New Vienna Conservatory, where he was the music of the Second Viennese School ( Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Anton Webern met).
Until 1945 he was professor of music at the Conservatory Timişoara, then head of the Municipal Conservatory of Targu Mures. From 1952 to 1968 he was a professor at the Conservatory Ciprian Porumbescu in Bucharest and also editor of the music magazine Revistei Muzica. From 1949 to 1953 he was secretary, then to 1977, Vice President of the Romanian Composers.
In addition to a ballet-pantomime, he composed including two sinfoniettas, an orchestral suite, a symphonic ode, a symphonic triptych, five pieces for string orchestra, five string quartets, a psalm, a Requiem, two Byzantine trade fairs, a cantata, Banat images for choir and songs. He also wrote several works on the history of Romanian music.