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Dinicu Grigoraș
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"Hora staccato" for flute and strings
"Hora staccato" for flute and strings
Grigoraș Dinicu: "Hora staccato" for flute and strings was written in 1906, originally for violin and piano. Dinicu wrote the composition as his graduation piece, which he premiered at his graduation from the Bucharest Conservatory in 1906.
In 1906, Dinicu was finishing his studies at the Bucharest Conservatory under the great violinist Dumitru Kiriac. He wanted a piece that displayed "lăutărească" (traditional Romanian fiddler) techniques within a formal classical structure. The Hora is a traditional Romanian circle dance. Dinicu took the rhythmic drive of the village dance and infused it with "staccato up-bow" virtuosity that was considered nearly impossible at the time.
1906 was the year of the Romanian General Exhibition in Bucharest. Dinicu performed with his orchestra at the "Buffet" restaurant, where he became a local sensation, blending high art with popular folk music.
The piece remained a local Romanian specialty until Jascha Heifetz heard Dinicu play it in a Paris café in the late 1920s. Heifetz was so impressed, he transcribed it for violin and piano in 1932. This Heifetz arrangement is the "template" used for almost all flute transcriptions. It transformed the piece from a folk dance into a sophisticated "permanent staccato" étude. In the 1950s, Jean-Pierre Rampal popularized the version with string orchestra, often using it as a high-energy encore.
Charles Gerhardt (conductor), National Philharmonic Orchestra, 1976, Sony Music Entertainment / RCA red Seal
Hora staccato
Dinicu Grigoraș
Grigoraș Dinicu (1889–1949) was a Romanian violinist and composer who became the primary bridge between the "Lăutari" (traditional Roma folk musicians) and the formal academic traditions of the Bucharest Conservatory. He is internationally immortalized for his 1906 masterpiece, Hora staccato.
Born in Bucharest, into a renowned family of Roma musicians, he studied violin under Carl Flesch at the Bucharest Conservatory.
His upbringing culminated in his 1906 graduation performance. For his final exam, he composed and performed Hora staccato. The faculty was so stunned by his "up-bow staccato" technique, a hallmark of his Roma heritage refined by Flesch’s pedagogy, that he was awarded the conservatory's highest honors.
He served as a leading violinist at the Bucharest Philharmonic orchestra for some time, but then decided to lead his own orchestra at the "Buffet" (Restaurantele Gării de Nord) in Bucharest. It was here that international celebrities, including Jascha Heifetz and Yehudi Menuhin, first heard him play. Heifetz was so impressed by Dinicu’s speed and precision that he famously remarked, "He is the greatest violinist I have ever heard."