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Marta Canales
Violinist and composer

Marta Canales

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Violinist and composer
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93 years
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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 Luis Esteban Giard, and then worked as a composer and choral conductor. She died in Santiago, aged 93.

Works

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)

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