Marguerite Canal

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Marie-Marguerite-Denise Canal (born January 29, 1890 in Toulouse , † January 27, 1978 there ) was a French composer .

Canal studied from 1903 at the Conservatoire de Paris , where she was a student of Paul Vidal . In the first competition for the Prix ​​de Rome in 1919 she won the First Second Grand Prix and the following year with the dramatic scene Don Juan the Premier Grand Prix. After the stay at the Villa Medici in Rome, which was associated with the award, she taught at the Conservatoire de Paris Solfège.

In addition to orchestral works and chamber music, Canal composed more than a hundred songs a. a. based on texts by Charles Baudelaire , Marceline Desbordes-Valmore , Paul Verlaine and Edmond Haraucourt .

Works (selection)

  • Arabesque for orchestra
  • Chanson pour Namy for orchestra
  • La Flûte de Jade for orchestra
  • Sonata for piano and violin
  • Quirk for cello and string quintet
  • Idyll for violin or violoncello and piano
  • Song for violin or violoncello and piano
  • Thème et variations for oboe and piano
  • Esquisses méditerranéennes for piano
  • Pages enfantines for piano
  • 3 Pièces romantiques for piano
  • Songs:
    • after Charles Baudelaire: Bien loin d'ici , Madrigal triste , Recueillement
    • after Marceline Desbordes-Valmore: Amour partout , Dormeuse , Fileuse , Pour endormir l'enfant
    • after Paul Verlaine: Sagesse
    • after Albert Samain : Au Jardin de l'Infante , Musique
    • after Paul Fort : Chanson de l'Aube , L'Amour marin , Le Bonheur est dans le pré , Le Regard éternel
    • after Charles Leconte de Lisle : 6 Chansons écossaises
    • after Edmond Haraucourt: Le Miroir , Romance

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