Marcelle de Manziarlyaus expressionism + impressionism + modern

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

Life

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

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

Her oeuvre includes numerous compositions for piano, among them concert etudes and a piano concerto premiered in 1933 under Alfredo Casella and the Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam. Her early work betrays the influence of the Impressionists. Later, too, she drew on this tonal language, for example in her Trio for flute, violoncello and piano, composed in 1952. Her “Sonata pour Notre Dame”, which she wrote on the occasion of the liberation of Paris from the National Socialists (1944), became famous. Her “Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano”, composed in 1952, is still played frequently today.

After a trip to India and her acquaintance with Rabindranath Thakur, her music was at times influenced by Indian tonal systems.

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