Marta Canales Pizarro (17 July 1893 – 6 December 1986) was a Chilean violinist, choral conductor and composer. She was born in Santiago and made her debut as a violinist at age eleven playing Mendelssohn's "Concerto". With her brothers, she founded a chamber ensemble that was active from 1916–1920. After her performing career ended, she studied composition with Luigi Stefano Giarda, and then worked as a composer and choral conductor. She died in Santiago, aged 93.[1][2]
Works edit
Selected works include:
- "Marta y María", oratorio for soloists, chorus, organ and string orchestra (1929)
- "Misa de Eucaristía" for four mixed voices, chorus and string orchestra (1930)
- "Misa de Navidad" for mixed chorus of four voices and orchestra (1930)
- "Misa en estilo gregoriano" for voice and organ (1933)
- "Madrigales Teresianos", collection of twelve chorals, four mixed voices on the poetry of St. Teresa of Jesus (1933)
- "Himnos y cantos sacros en estilo gregoriano" for voice and organ (1936–1940)
- "Elevación", poem for organ, harp and string orchestra
- "Cuatro canciones de cuna" for four voice choirs
- "Dos canciones" for four equal voices
- "Cantares Chilenos", collection of ten tunes, harmonized choruses equal voices, drawn from folklore (1946)
- "Villancicos", collection of fifty traditional Christmas songs from the folklore or tradition of different nations with harmonized choruses for four equal voices (1946)[3]
References edit
- ^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-03487-5. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
- ^ Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (2001). The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians: Volume 2.
- ^ "Canales Pizarro, Marta". Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
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