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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

From the speaker's table in a ballroom of Manhattan's Ritz-Carlton Hotel last week, Bruno Walter, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Georges Enesco, Nathan Milstein and Jennie Tourel all rose to add their tributes to the refrain.

From Time Magazine Archive

Composer Enesco will again play a double part on next week's Philharmonic programs when he conducts his own Rumanian Rhapsody No. i.

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 Spalding, Walter Raymond