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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Georges Enesco, mentor of Yehudi Menuhin, is also best known as a composer.

From Time Magazine Archive

By month's end, the 70 most talented of them will have started an intensive two-month course under such topnotch musicians as Violinist-Composer Georges Enesco, Guitarist Andres Segovia and Conductor Paul van Kampen.

From Time Magazine Archive

Together the pair achieved a perfect balance of tone, penetrated the varying moods in sonatas by Brahms, Enesco, Franck, so impressed Arturo Toscanini that he sent word backstage asking for some Mozart as an encore.

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

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