general biology, cytology and the systematic study of pretiste, systematic morphology and the zoogeography of the turbelariate, Black Sea fauna, especially on
Riocefali and Epicaride, parasite shellfish, which phylogenetic relations he studied
in comparison with their new forms from the Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic Ocean,
Red Sea and Indian Ocean, among which Donne ´es biologiques et statistiques sur un
Pagure Diogenes pugilator (Roux) de la Mer Noire et ses crustace ´s parasites
(1941); Evolut ¸ia fiint ¸ei organizate (1944); Biologia generala ˘. Cercetare istorica ˘
s ¸i cauzala ˘ a formelor organizate (1946); Ecologia marina ˘ (4 vol., 1969) etc. and he
edited two important works: Probleme de biologie evolut ¸ionista ˘, taxonomie s ¸i
speciat ¸ie (1978) and Probleme de ecologie terestra ˘ (1978). He was a Member of
the Society of Zoology in France, a Member of the Association of Protistologists of
French language, a Member of the Association of the Protistologists and he was
Professor Emeritus (1964). (Rusu 2016, 384)
GEORGE GEORGESCU (1887, Sulina, Tulcea County – 1964, Bucharest) was
a bandmaster and a Correspondent Member of the Romanian Academy since 1963.
(Rusu 2016, 648–9) George Georgescu was part of the string quartet of Henri
Marteau as a cellist, but he abandoned this carreer after an accident in 1916. He
specialised at Berlin, Hochschule für Müsik, in the art of conducting with Arthur
Nikisch and Richard Strauss and he debuted in 1918 at Berlin Philarmonica as a
conducter. George Georgescu was the bandmaster of “George Enescu” Symphonic
Orchestra in Bucharest, for more than four decades (1920–1944, 1947–1964); he
was director of the Romanian Opera (1922–1926, 1930–1933, 1939–1940) and
conductor at the New York Philarmonica (1926–1927). He approached a vast and
varied repertoire: from the preclassical music to the contemporary (Romanian and
foreign) music and he left an impressive discography (the integral of the symphonies of Ludwig van Beethoven, and works of George Enescu, Johannes Brahms,
Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner, Hector Berlioz, Franz Schubert, Paul Dukas,
Maurice Ravel, Theodor Rogalski, Mihail Jora, Alfred Alessandrescu etc.). He
completed numerous tours, alone or with Bucharest orchestra, in great musical
centers, European and American, as one of the most important conductors of his
times and he was distinguished with the “Work Order”, class I and he was “Artist of
the People”. (Rusu 2016, 648–9)
ION JALEA (1887, Casimcea, Tulcea County – 1983, Bucharest) was a sculptor
academician since 1963 (and Correspondent Member of the Romanian Academy
since 1948). (Rusu 2016, 852) He debuted with the drawing The Proletarian in the
magazine “Vremuri noi”. In 1915 had the first personal exhibition with works
inspired from the Romanian fairytales (Sfarma ˘-Piatra ˘, Briar, Remus ¸carea etc.).
He followed Julian Academy in Paris (1915–1916), where he encountered Auguste
Rodin and Antoine Bourdelle. He took part in the War of National Integrity,
Moldavia front, where after an injury he lost his left arm, however, the memory
of war, its horrors and the gratitude for the heroes fallen on the battle field appear in
his war inspired sketches presented in a collective exhibition organized at Ias ¸i by
the war artists and later in the Monument of the French soldiers fallen on Romanian
territory (Bucharest, 1922); the Monument of railway heroes (Bucharest, 1923); the
Monument of the Romanian soldiers, former prisoner of war in Germany
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Riocefali and Epicaride, parasite shellfish, which phylogenetic relations he studied
in comparison with their new forms from the Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic Ocean,
Red Sea and Indian Ocean, among which Donne ´es biologiques et statistiques sur un
Pagure Diogenes pugilator (Roux) de la Mer Noire et ses crustace ´s parasites
(1941); Evolut ¸ia fiint ¸ei organizate (1944); Biologia generala ˘. Cercetare istorica ˘
s ¸i cauzala ˘ a formelor organizate (1946); Ecologia marina ˘ (4 vol., 1969) etc. and he
edited two important works: Probleme de biologie evolut ¸ionista ˘, taxonomie s ¸i
speciat ¸ie (1978) and Probleme de ecologie terestra ˘ (1978). He was a Member of
the Society of Zoology in France, a Member of the Association of Protistologists of
French language, a Member of the Association of the Protistologists and he was
Professor Emeritus (1964). (Rusu 2016, 384)
GEORGE GEORGESCU (1887, Sulina, Tulcea County – 1964, Bucharest) was
a bandmaster and a Correspondent Member of the Romanian Academy since 1963.
(Rusu 2016, 648–9) George Georgescu was part of the string quartet of Henri
Marteau as a cellist, but he abandoned this carreer after an accident in 1916. He
specialised at Berlin, Hochschule für Müsik, in the art of conducting with Arthur
Nikisch and Richard Strauss and he debuted in 1918 at Berlin Philarmonica as a
conducter. George Georgescu was the bandmaster of “George Enescu” Symphonic
Orchestra in Bucharest, for more than four decades (1920–1944, 1947–1964); he
was director of the Romanian Opera (1922–1926, 1930–1933, 1939–1940) and
conductor at the New York Philarmonica (1926–1927). He approached a vast and
varied repertoire: from the preclassical music to the contemporary (Romanian and
foreign) music and he left an impressive discography (the integral of the symphonies of Ludwig van Beethoven, and works of George Enescu, Johannes Brahms,
Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner, Hector Berlioz, Franz Schubert, Paul Dukas,
Maurice Ravel, Theodor Rogalski, Mihail Jora, Alfred Alessandrescu etc.). He
completed numerous tours, alone or with Bucharest orchestra, in great musical
centers, European and American, as one of the most important conductors of his
times and he was distinguished with the “Work Order”, class I and he was “Artist of
the People”. (Rusu 2016, 648–9)
ION JALEA (1887, Casimcea, Tulcea County – 1983, Bucharest) was a sculptor
academician since 1963 (and Correspondent Member of the Romanian Academy
since 1948). (Rusu 2016, 852) He debuted with the drawing The Proletarian in the
magazine “Vremuri noi”. In 1915 had the first personal exhibition with works
inspired from the Romanian fairytales (Sfarma ˘-Piatra ˘, Briar, Remus ¸carea etc.).
He followed Julian Academy in Paris (1915–1916), where he encountered Auguste
Rodin and Antoine Bourdelle. He took part in the War of National Integrity,
Moldavia front, where after an injury he lost his left arm, however, the memory
of war, its horrors and the gratitude for the heroes fallen on the battle field appear in
his war inspired sketches presented in a collective exhibition organized at Ias ¸i by
the war artists and later in the Monument of the French soldiers fallen on Romanian
territory (Bucharest, 1922); the Monument of railway heroes (Bucharest, 1923); the
Monument of the Romanian soldiers, former prisoner of war in Germany
3 Dobruja: A Unique, Intercultural and Spiritual Realm at the Black Sea
53