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From 1928 to 1933 he studied at the Bucharest Conservatory (now known as the National University of Music Bucharest) with Castaldi, Jora, Cuclin and Brăiloiu, and then in Vienna from 1934 to 1935 with Schmidt and Marx. Returning to Bucharest, he taught from 1937 to 1941 at the Academy for Religious Music, and then from 1941 until his death was a professor of composition at the Conservatory. He received the Enescu prize in 1932, and the Romanian Academy prize in 1956.
Constantinescu used folk and liturgical elements in his works, with a strong command of form and modal harmony. He did much to pave the way for the post-Enescu generation of Romanian nationalist composers.
Works
Dramatic
O noapte furtunoasă, comic opera (1934; rev. 1950; Bucharest, May 19, 1951)
Nunta în Carpați, choreographic poem (Bucharest, May 5, 1938)
Pană Lesnea Rusalim, opera (1954–55, Cluj-Napoca, June 26, 1956).
Orchestral
Suită românească (1930–36; rev. 1942)
Jocuri românești (1936)
Burlesca for Piano and Orch. (1937; Bucharest Radio, March 7, 1938)
Simfonietă (1937; Bucharest Radio, March 16, 1938)
Symphony No. 1 (1944; Bucharest, May 18, 1947; rev. 1955)
Variațiuni libere asupra unei melodii bizantine din sec. XIII for Cello and Orch. (1946; rev. 1951)
Concerto for Strings (1947; rev. 1955; Bucharest, Feb. 16, 1956)
Rapsodia II (1949; Bucharest, Oct. 15, 1950)
Baladă haiducească for Cello and Orch. (1950; Bucharest, Dec. 23, 1951)
Suită bucovineană (1951)
Piano Concerto (1952; Bucharest, May 16, 1953)
Juventus, overture (1952)
Rapsodie oltenească (1957)
Violin Concerto (1957; Brasov, May 21, 1958)
Înfrățire, choreographic rhapsody (Bucharest, Aug. 20, 1959)
Suite for piano (No. 1 Joc, No. 2 Cantec, No. 3 Joc dobrogean) (1952) played by pianists Dana Ciocarlie [on label Empreinte ED13122 (2000), with piano works by Enescu, Bartók], and Mihaela Ursuleasa (on label Berlin Classics in 2011)
The Nativity (Byzantine Christmas Oratorio) (1947) performed by the Bucharest "George Enescu" Choir and Philharmonic Orchestra on label: Olympia OCD 402 and Electrocord Romania EDC 391
Passion and Resurrection (Byzantine Easter Oratorio) (1946) performed by the Bucharest "Corul Academic Radio" and "Orchestra Națională Radio" on Editura Casa Radio ECR 293 (2011)
Bibliography
Hârlav-Maistorovici, Sanda (2015): „Creația componistică a lui Paul Constaninescu. Catalog cronologic”, București: Editura Muzicală
