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Christina Placilla, DMA viola performance student at the University ofColorado at Boulder, began playing the viola at the age ofeleven. She completed her undergraduate studies at California State University, Long Beach as a student ofAdriana Chirilov. Her dedication to chamber music led her to study at the Hartt School ofMusic for her Master's degree. While at the Hartt School Christina stud ied with both Steve Larson and Lawrence Dutton ofthe Emerson String Quartet. She has participated in the Mancini Institute and the BrevardMusic Festival and has also been apractice supervisor at the Interlochen Arts Festival for two consecutive summers. She is currently a student ofErika Eckert. NoTES 1. Note that there are two spellings of the composer's name: Georges Enesco, the francophone version, and George Enescu, the Romanian version. Sadie, Stanley, ed. The New Grove Dictionary ofMusic and Musicians, Vol. 6. (London: Macmillan, 1980), 163. 2. Enesco, Georges, "De Ia musique roumaine," Revue Musicale, July-August 1931, 158. 3. Bartok, Bela, Rumanian Folk Music, ed. Benjamin Suchoff, Vol. 1 (The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1967), 15. 4. Golestan, Stan, "Roumanie." Revue Musicale, March 1921, 175-176. 5. In Bartok's Rumanian Folk Music, V. 1, he found examples of this dance specifically in the region of Banat, which includes the villages ofTorontal and Timis. This dance is similar to the Seleus and Hora cu pierina. (Bartok 31, 97-98, 100, 117, 133, 176-178,284,293-294,316,407--408, 410--411) 6. In Bartok's Rumanian Folk Music, V. 1, out of the seventeen examples of the Hora recorded, all but two were played on the violin. 7. In Bartok's Rumanian Folk Music, V. 1, he speaks ofmeeting the eighteen year old Lazar Lascus, and the great impression Lascus made on Bartok through both his virtuosity and his imagination. (Bartok 50-51). 8. Gavotty, Bernard, Yehudi Menuhin and Georges Enesco (Geneva: Rene Kister, 1955), 24. 9. The examples of this dance rhythm are found in examples 19 and 165. However, the first example is miss ing its dance tide. The rhythms and overall dance structure are similar enough to conclude that the two dances are related. (Bartok 89, 172) 10. Example 334b (Bartok 298). 11. Ibid, 298. 12. Sadie, Stanley, ed. The New Grove Dictionary ofMusic and Musicians, Vol. 7 (London: Macmillan, 1980), 508.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY Bartok, Bela. Rumanian Folk Music. Ed. Benjamin Suchoff. Vol 1. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1967.

Enesco, Georges. "De Ia musique roumaine." Revue Musicale, July-August 1931: 158. Enesco, Georges. Concertstuck. New York: International Music Company, 1943. Gavotty, Bernard. Yehudi Menuhin and Georges Enesco. Geneva: Rene Kister, 1955. Golestan, Stan. "Roumanie." Revue Musicale, March 1921: 175-176. Golestan, Stan. Arioso et Allegro de Concert. Paris: Editions Salabert, 1933.

Sadie, Stanley, ed. The New Grove Dictionary ofMusic andMusicians. Vol6. London: Macmillan, 1980. 163-166. Sadie, Stanley, ed. The New Grove Dictionary ofMusic andMusicians. Vol 7. London: Macmillan, 1980. 507-508.