Myriam Marbe
Myriam Marbe (born April 9, 1931 in Bucharest ; † December 25, 1997 there) was a Romanian pianist and composer.
Life
Marbe received her first piano lessons from her mother, who was a pianist. From 1944 to 1954 she was a piano student of Florica Musicescu and Silvia Capatâna and composition student of Leon Klepper and Mihail Jora at the Bucharest Music Academy . From 1953 to 1965 she was a film editor at the Casa de filme in Bucharest. From 1954 to 1988 she taught counterpoint and composition at the Bucharest University of Music. Since she refused to join the Communist Party, she was denied a professorship. Her students included u. a. Violeta Dinescu .
Between 1968 and 1972 she was able to take part in the Darmstadt summer courses three times , and in 1971 at the Festival for Contemporary Music in Royan . From 1989 to 1990 she received a work grant from the city of Mannheim .
In addition to her work as a composer, Marbe also worked as a publicist and musicologist. She co-authored a monograph on George Enescu and wrote essays and analyzes that were critical of style.
The estate of Myriam Marbes is kept at the Sophie Drinker Institute for Musicological Women and Gender Studies in Bremen .
Works
- Nunta Zamfirei , ballet, 1954
- In Memoriam , 'Lyric piece for oboe, 2 horns, piano, celesta, percussion and string orchestra, 1959
- Choral suite based on texts by Ilie Constantin and Paul Aristide , 1959
- Sonata for two violas, 1966
- Le Temps Inévitable , 1968-71
- Serenata - A Little Sun Music , 1974
- La parabol du grenier for one performer on piano, harpsichord, celesta and ad lib. Glockenspiel and tubular bells, 1975–76
- Trium , symphonic piece for large orchestra, 1978
- Timpul regasit for soprano or tenor, recorder, three violas, alto, tenor viol and harpsichord, 1982
- Drum bass, for string trio and drum, 1985
- Sonata per due for viola and flute, 1985
- To the sun for mezzo-soprano and saxophone, 1986
- Concertul pentru Daniel Kientzy si saxophone , 1986
- After nau Sonata for violoncello and organ, 1987
- Ur Ariadne Symphony No. 1 for mezzo-soprano, saxophone and orchestra, 1988
- Dialogi - not just a picture book for Christian Morgenstern , 1989
- Color and sound , song cycle based on texts by Ulrich von Liechtenstein , Heinrich von Veldeke , Heinrich Heine , Friedrich von Hausen , King Konrad and Christian Morgenstern
- Fra Angelico - Chagall - Voronet - Requiem for mezzo-soprano, choir and chamber ensemble, 1990
- Stabat mater for 12 voices and ensemble flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, horn, trombone, percussion, viola, double bass
- Sym-phonia for mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble based on poems by Else Lasker-Schüler , 1996
- arc-en-ciel for recorder and flute, 1997
- Song of Ruth for five cellos, 1997
literature
- Thomas Beimel : From ritual to abstraction - about the Romanian composer Myriam Marbe , Tokkata-Verlag, Wuppertal and Unna 1994, ISBN 3-980-1603-2-7
- Volker Blumenthaler and Jeremias Schwarzer (eds.): Myriam Marbe composer between ritual and intellect , Pfau-Verlag, Saarbrücken 2001, ISBN 3-89727-155-9
- Detlef Gojowy : Myriam Marbe - New Music from Romania , European Women Composers Volume 5, Böhlau Verlag, Cologne 2007 ISBN 978-3-412-04706-1
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Marbe, Myriam |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian pianist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bucharest |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 25, 1997 |
| Place of death | Bucharest |