BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE COMPOSER A. MULEAR

Abstract

The composer Alexandr Mulear was born on May 18, 1922 in the Ukrainian city of Savran, Odessa region, and died on June 17, 1994 in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova. Throughout his life he distinguished himself as a talented composer and musician, a skilled pedagogue, and last but not least as an energetic cultural activist. A. Mulear bequeathed works that manage to stand out by their uniqueness and clarity, based mainly on the Moldovan folk art, treasury and folk melodies. His composition activity can be divided into three periods: the first period of musical creativity (1949-1955), the second period (1956-1970), and the third, last period of creativity, from 1971 to the end of ofhis life.