Marta Canales


Marta Canales Pizarro 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 (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.

Works

Selected works include:
  • "Marta y María", oratorio for soloists, chorus, organ and string orchestra
  • "Misa de Eucaristía" for four mixed voices, chorus and string orchestra
  • "Misa de Navidad" for mixed chorus of four voices and orchestra
  • "Misa en estilo gregoriano" for voice and organ
  • "Madrigales Teresianos", collection of twelve chorals, four mixed voices on the poetry of St. Teresa of Jesus
  • "Himnos y cantos sacros en estilo gregoriano" for voice and organ
  • "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
  • "Villancicos", collection of fifty traditional Christmas songs from the folklore or tradition of different nations with harmonized choruses for four equal voices