Marcelle de Manziarly

Marcelle de Manziarly ( born October 13, 1899 Kharkov, Russia, † May 12, 1989 Ojai, California, USA), was a French-Russian composer and pianist.

Life

After her parents had emigrated to Paris, she began in 1911 to study with Nadia Boulanger. Her artistic training included courses in conducting with Felix Weingartner in Basel and, in 1943, a late studying piano with Isabelle Vengerova.

In her later years, Marcelle de Manziarly lived in the United States.

Music and business

Her work includes numerous compositions for piano, among other things, concert etudes and a 1933 first performed under Alfredo Casella and the Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam Piano Concerto. My early work reveals the influence of the Impressionists. Later they went back to this musical language, for example in its 1952 resulting Trio for flute, cello and piano. Was known for her " Sonate pour Notre Dame", which she wrote on the occasion of the liberation of Paris by the Nazis (1944). To date, frequently played her in 1952 arisen "Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano".

After a trip to India and the acquaintance with Rabindranath Tagore their music was at times influenced by Indian sound systems.