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Romanian composer and pianist
Myriam Marbé (April 9, 1931 in
Bucharest – December 25, 1997 in Bucharest) was a
Romanian
composer and
pianist .
Marbe received her first
piano lessons from her mother, who was a pianist. She studied at the
Bucharest Conservatory from 1944 to 1954, where she took classes in piano with
Florica Musicescu and
Silvia Căpățână , as well as in
composition with
Leon Klepper and
Mihail Jora . From 1953 to 1965, she was a
film director at the Casa de filme in Bucharest. She taught
counterpoint and composition at the Bucharest Conservatory from 1954 to 1988, where her refusal to join the
Romanian Communist Party prevented her from reaching the rank of Professor.
Between 1968 and 1972, she managed to obtain permission from Romanian authorities to travel to the West and participate in the
Darmstadt New Music Summer School in
West Germany , and in 1971, at the
Royan Festival for Contemporary Music in
France . After the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe, she was awarded a working grant from the German city of
Mannheim for the year 1989–90.
Besides being a composer, Marbe worked as a journalist and
musicologist . She coauthored a
monograph on
George Enescu and also wrote critical essays and analyses on musical style.
The composer's collection is located at the Sophie Drinker Institut in
Bremen , and most of the scores are available at the institute's website.
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Works
Nunta Zamfirei ,
ballet , 1954
Sonata for viola and piano, 1955
In Memoriam , lyrical piece for
oboe , 2
horns , piano,
celesta ,
drum set , and
string
orchestra , 1959
Chorsuite ,
choral
suite on texts by
Ilie Constantin [
ro ] and
Paul Aristide , 1959
Sonata (Prologo – Aria – Epilogo ) for 2 violas, 1966
Le Temps Inévitable , 1968–71
Serenata – Eine kleine Sonnenmusik , 1974
La parabol du grenier for an interpreter on piano,
harpsichord ,
celesta , and optional
glockenspiel and
tubular bells , 1975–76
Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, 1977
Trium , symphonic piece for large orchestra, 1978
Souvenir d'un paysage inconnu for flute and viola, 1979
Timpul regasit for
soprano or
tenor ,
recorder , 3
violas ,
alto and tenor viol , and
harpsichord , 1982
Trommelbass , for
string trio and
drums , 1985
Sonata per due for viola and
flute , 1985
Des-cântec for woodwind quintet with doublings of piccolo, alto flute, english horn, e-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, and contrabassoon, 1985
An die Sonne for
mezzo-soprano and
saxophone , 1986
Concertul pentru Daniel Kientzy și saxofon , 1986
After nau ,
sonata for
cello and
organ , 1987
Ur-Ariadne-Sinfonie Nr. 1 for mezzo-soprano, saxophone, and orchestra, 1988
Dialogi – nicht nur ein Bilderbuch für Christian Morgenstern , 1989
Farbe und Klang ,
song cycle on texts by
Ulrich von Liechtenstein ,
Heinrich von Veldeke ,
Heinrich Heine ,
Friedrich von Hausen ,
König Konrad , and
Christian Morgenstern
Fra Angelico – Chagall – Voronet – Requiem for mezzo-soprano, choir, and
chamber ensemble, 1990
Stabat Mater for 12 voices and flute, oboe,
clarinet ,
bassoon ,
trumpet , horn,
trombone ,
percussion , viola, and
double bass
Paos for viola and clarinet, 1995
Sym-phonia for mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble on poems by
Else Lasker-Schüler , 1996
arc-en-ciel for recorder and flute, 1997
Song of Ruth for 5 cellos, 1997
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