Marta Canales Pizarro was a Chilean

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 violinist, choral conductor and composer. She was born in Santiago

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 and made her debut as a violinist at age eleven playing Mendelssohn

Felix Mendelssohn

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's "Concerto

Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn)

Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 is his last large orchestral work. It forms an important part of the violin repertoire and is one of the most popular and most frequently performed violin concertos of all time...

". With her brothers, she founded a chamber ensemble that was active from 1916-1920. After her performing career ended, she studied composition with Luis Esteban Giard, and then worked as a composer and choral conductor. She died in Santiago.

Works

Selected works include:

• "Marta y María", oratorio for soloists, chorus, organ and string orchestra (1929)
• "Misa de Eucaristía" for four mixed voices, chorus and string orchestra (1930)
• "Misa de Navidad" for mixed chorus of four voices and orchestra (1930)
• "Misa en estilo gregoriano" for voice and organ (1933)
• "Madrigales Teresianos", collection of twelve chorals, four mixed voices on the poetry of St. Teresa of Jesus (1933)
• "Himnos y cantos sacros en estilo gregoriano" for voice and organ (1936–1940)
• "Elevación", poem for organ, harp and string orchestra
• "Cuatro canciones de cuna" for four voice choirs
• "Dos canciones" for four equal voices
• "Cantares Chilenos", collection of ten tunes, harmonized choruses equal voices, drawn from folklore (1946)
• "Villancicos", collection of fifty traditional Christmas songs from the folklore or tradition of different nations with harmonized choruses for four equal voices (1946)