This important establishment of musical culture owes its existence first of all to the composer’s sister-in-law, Chemical Engineer Eleonora Constantinescu who, in the summer of 1993, donated to the state, the Prahova County Museum of History and Archaeology, respectively, the building where the composer lived - an important historic and architectonic monument and a valuable heritage comprising a rich collection of books, pieces of furniture and documents relating to the composer’s life and work, as the latter lived a part of his life in this building. As already known, the composer Paul Constantinescu is one of the honoured men of the city of Ploieşti, as he was born there i...n the morning of the 30th of June 1909 in a family of intellectuals. The musical creation of Paul Constantinescu includes many symphony works, vocal-symphony ones, music for the theatre and film, choral music, chamber music, piano and vocal music, that, due to its exceptional value, belongs to the national artistic heritage. The permanent museum exhibition, opened on the 20th of December 1993, on the 30th commemoration of the death of this great composer, presents some original documents on the life and activity of the famous musician, grouped in the seven departments, symphony music, opera music, vocal-symphony music, chamber music, choral music, piano and vocal music, and music for films.
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