Marguerite Canal

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

Canal studied from 1903 at the Conservatoire de Paris, where she studied with Paul Vidal. She won the first competition for the Prix de Rome in 1919 the First Second Grand Prix and in the following year with the dramatic scene Don Juan the Premier Grand Prix. After connected to the price stay at the Villa Medici in Rome, she taught at the Conservatoire de Paris solfege.

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

Works

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