Filaret Barbu (April 16, 1903 â May 31, 1984) was a Romanian operetta composer.
Filaret Barbu was the son of Iosif Hazi Barbu, a pork butcher, and Ema Barbu (née DragoÃÂ). During his childhood he often heard traditional Romanian lÃÂutari and taraf bands in his grandfather's inn. He went to school in Lugoj and CaransebeÃÂ. He studied the violin and the counterpoint at the New Vienna Conservatory during 1922âÂÂ1926.
Back in Romania, he became a music teacher at "Coriolan Brediceanu" High School in Lugoj and the conductor of "Ion Vidu" choir, which he founded in 1922. In 1931, after the death of Ion Vidu, he became the leader of the local choir "Reuniunea românàde muzicàÃÂi cântÃÂri". His debut work was the 1924 vaudeville Privighetoarea albà(The White Nightingale). He also wrote a monographic study dedicated to tenor Traian GrozÃÂvescu and a collection of choir songs titled Portativ bÃÂnÃÂÃÂean (The Banat Staff).
He died in 1984 in TimiÃÂoara. He was the father of ballet dancer and choreographer Gelu Barbu.