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Enesco

American  
[e-nes-koh] / ɛˈnɛs koʊ /
Also Enescu

noun

  1. Georges 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.


Enesco British  
/ ɛˈnɛskəʊ /

noun

  1. Georges (ʒɔrʒ), original name George Enescu. 1881–1955, Romanian violinist and composer

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The second program tilts toward Central Europe, with works by Johann Strauss II, Enesco and Lehar.

From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2010

Except for the Gluck overture with which he began, Enesco played music that Manhattan seldom hears.

From Time Magazine Archive

Difficult to pigeonhole as a musician, Enesco is equally difficult to pigeonhole in the various jobs at which he works.

From Time Magazine Archive

Enesco entered the Vienna Conservatory at seven despite a director's protest that it was "not a cradle," had had his compositions widely performed by the time he was a young man.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Roumanians have come to the fore in Enesco, who has written several characteristic works for orchestra.

From Music: An Art and a Language by Walter Raymond Spalding

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