Sabin Drăgoi

Sabin Vasile Drăgoi (Romanian pronunciation: [saˈbin drəˈɡoj]; 6 June 1894 – 31 December 1968) was a Romanian composer, who specialized in folk music. His oeuvre includes orchestral and chamber works, film music and operas. He was born in a peasant family from Seliște, Arad County. After studying at a teachers' seminary in Arad and at the music conservatory in Cluj, he went to the Prague Conservatory, where he studied composition with Vítězslav Novák.