Henri Martelli (25 February 1895 – 15 July 1980) was a 20th-century French composer.
Biography Born in Santa Fe, Argentina and raised in Bastia, Martelli was student of Charles-Marie Widor and Georges Caussade at the Conservatoire de Paris. In 1919, he graduated in law from Université de Paris. He was director of chamber music programmes on the radio from 1940 to 1944, secretary of the Société Nationale de Musique and president of the French section of the ISCM in 1953. He wrote – in a neoclassical style – many chamber music works as well as lyrical and radio works.
He died in Paris aged 85.
Works Incidental music 1923: La Chanson de Roland, opera (reworked 1962-63; Paris, 13 April 1967) 1930: La Bouteille de Panurge, ballet (Paris, 24 February 1937) 1951: Les Hommes de sable, ballet 1958: Le Major Cravachon, opéra bouffe (Radiodiffusion française, 14 June 1959)
Orchestral music 1921: Rondo (1921) 1922: Sarabande, Scherzo et Final 1922: Divertissement sarrazin 1928: Bas-reliefs assyriens, Op. 27 1931: Concerto for orchestra, Op. 31 1938: Violin Concerto No. 1 1949: Piano Concerto 1953: Symphony No. 1, for strings 1956: Symphony No. 2, for strings 1956: Double Concerto for clarinet and bassoon 1957: Symphonie No. 3, for large orchestra 1957: Le Radeau de la Méduse, symphonic poem 1966: Rhapsodie, for cello and orchestra 1970: Concerto for oboe and orchestra
Chamber music Quatre pièces pour guitare, Op. 32 1933: String Quartet No. 1 1935: Piano Trio 1936: Violin Sonata 1942: Flute Sonata 1944: String Quartet No. 2 1946: Sept duos, for violin and harp 1947: Fantasiestück, Op. 67, for flute and piano (dedicated to Claude Delvincourt, director of the Paris Conservatory) 1948: Cinq Études-Caprices, Op. 58, for flute and piano (dedicated to Jean Pierre Rampal) 1951: Trio, for flute, cello and piano 1956: Divertissement Op. 86, for harp (dedicated to Lily Laskine) 1959: Viola Sonata 1962: Concertstück, for viola and piano
Music for piano 1941: Cinq danses
External links Henri Martelli page on website of Tobias Broeker who holds the bulk of the Martelli archive of scores.
Sources Marc Vignal Dictionnaire de la musique française, Larousse
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