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'''Marta Canales Pizarro''' (17 July 1893 – 6 December 1986) was a [[Chile]]an violinist, choral conductor and composer. She was born in [[Santiago]] and made her debut as a violinist at age eleven playing [[Felix Mendelssohn|Mendelssohn]]'s "[[Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn)|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.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IvoQQU1QL_QC&q=Canales+%28Pizarro%29%2C+Marta+%28b+Santiago%2C+17+July+1893%3B+d+Santiago%2C+6+Dec+1986%29.+...&pg=PA101|title=The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers|format=Digitized online by GoogleBooks|first1=Julie Anne|last1=Sadie|first2=Rhian|last2=Samuel|year=1994|isbn=978-0-393-03487-5|accessdate=17 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians: Volume 2|first1=Stanley|last1=Sadie|first2=John|last2=Tyrrell|year=2001}}</ref>
'''Marta Canales Pizarro''' (17 July 1893 – 6 December 1986) was a [[Chile]]an violinist, choral conductor and composer. She was born in [[Santiago]] and made her debut as a violinist at age eleven playing [[Felix Mendelssohn|Mendelssohn]]'s "[[Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn)|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.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IvoQQU1QL_QC&q=Canales+%28Pizarro%29%2C+Marta+%28b+Santiago%2C+17+July+1893%3B+d+Santiago%2C+6+Dec+1986%29.+...&pg=PA101|title=The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers|format=Digitized online by GoogleBooks|first1=Julie Anne|last1=Sadie|first2=Rhian|last2=Samuel|year=1994|isbn=978-0-393-03487-5|accessdate=17 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians: Volume 2|first1=Stanley|last1=Sadie|first2=John|last2=Tyrrell|year=2001}}</ref>


== Works ==
== Works ==

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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 Luigi Stefano Giarda, and then worked as a composer and choral conductor. She died in Santiago, aged 93.[1][2]

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)[3]

References

  1. ^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). ISBN 978-0-393-03487-5. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  2. ^ Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (2001). The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians: Volume 2.
  3. ^ "Canales Pizarro, Marta". Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2011.


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