Marcelle de Manziarly
Marcelle de Manziarly was a French pianist, music educator, conductor and composer.
Biography
She was born on 13 October 1899 in Kharkiv, studied in Paris with Nadia Boulanger and at the age of 23 had already composed two mature works. She later studied conducting with Felix Weingartner in Basel and piano with Isabelle Vengerova in New York City and taught and performed in Europe and the United States. Aaron Copland dedicated his song "Heart, We Will Forget Him" to her. She died in Ojai, California, at age 89.Works
Selected works include:- Trois Fables de Lafontaine
- Six Etudes
- Trois Images Slaves
- Impressions de Mer
- Sonate pour Notre-Dame de Paris for orchestra
- Sonata for two pianos
- Musique pour orchestre
- Trilogue
- Incidences
- La cigale et la fourmi
- La grenouille qui veut se faire aussi grosse que le boeuf
- L'oiseau blessé d'une flèche
- Le Cygne et le cuisinier for mixed vocal quartet and piano
- ''Trois Sonnets de Pétrarque pour baryton et piano''