Ileana Sărăroiu

Romanian singer
Ileana Sărăroiu

Ileana Sărăroiu (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈle̯ana sərəˈroju]) (25 September 1936, Valea Voievozilor, Dâmbovița County – 12 May 1979, Unirea, Călărași County) was a renowned Romanian singer of traditional and popular folk music, one of the most important Romanian female folk singers. Her masterpieces, according to Romanian experts, are: "Doi voinici din Valea Mare" (Two Handsome Lads from the Valea Mare) and "Unde e Târgoviștea" (Where is Târgoviște?). The first is a song about two lads who go hunting and encounter two sisters whom they end up marrying. The second is the story of a sad old mother who waits for her son in a train station. She does not see anybody come except a girl who she has never seen before; the girl turns out to be the wife of her son.

While singing at a wedding reception, Sărăroiu suddenly collapsed and died from a brain aneurysm in 1979 at the age of 42.[1]

Songs

  • Doi voinici din Valea Mare (Two handsome lads from Valea Mare)
  • Unde e Târgoviștea on YouTube (Where is Târgoviște?)
  • Vrei să ne-ntâlnim sâmbătă seară? (Do you want to meet on Saturday evening?)
  • Cine-a pus cârciuma în drum... (Who made the pub on the road...)
  • Inimioara cu dor mult (Little heart with much longing)
  • Asta seara stam aici pana dimineata on YouTube (Tonight we will be partying till morning)
  • Da-ar naiba in tine dragoste (Love, be damned!)
  • Foaie verde spic de grau on YouTube (You green leaf, wheat ear)
  • Fir-ar ceasu' afurisit (That hour, be doomed!)
  • Pasarica, muta-ti cuibul (Little Bird, move your nest!)
  • De ce oare eu te-am cunoscut (Why did I ever meet you?)
  • Inima de dor nu stii (Heart, you don't know the longing)
  • Inima... (Heart...)

References

  1. ^ Stănilă, Ionela (30 April 2013). "Ultima nuntă. Cum a murit Ileana Sărăroiu pe scenă, la Unirea, în mai 1979". Adevărul (in Romanian).
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