Marvin Duchow
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Marvin Duchow was a Canadian composer. He was an expert on Renaissance music
and the music of eighteenth century France. The McGill University Music Library in Montreal is named after him.
Renaissance music
Renaissance music is European music written during the Renaissance. Defining the beginning of the musical era is difficult, given that its defining characteristics were adopted only gradually; musicologists have placed its beginnings from as early as 1300 to as late as the 1470s.Literally meaning...
and the music of eighteenth century France. The McGill University Music Library in Montreal is named after him.
Works
- Songs of My Youth, Liedzyklus, 1930
- Variations on a Chorale Orchestral, 1936
- For a Rose's Sake, 1938
- Motet, 1938
- Seven Chorale Preludes in Traditional Style Organ (music)Organ (music)The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
, 1939 - Quartet in C Minor, 1939, 1942
- A Carol Choir, 1943
- Badinerie for Piano and Orchestra, 1947
- Chant intime (Prelude) for Piano, 1947
- Sonata for Piano, 1955
- Movement for Strings (Largamente), 1972
- Three Songs of the Holocaust/ Trois Chants de l'Holocaust Nelly SachsNelly SachsNelly Sachs was a Jewish German poet and playwright whose experiences resulting from the rise of the Nazis in World War II Europe transformed her into a poignant spokeswoman for the grief and yearnings of her fellow Jews...
writing from 1977 is involved in it.