Ginette Martenot

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Ginette Martenot
BornJanuary 27, 1902
Paris
DiedSeptember 6, 1996 (aged 94)
Neuilly-sur-Seine
NationalityFrench
EducationConservatoire de Paris
Known forOndes Martenot
SpouseDidier Lazard

Ginette Martenot (1902–1996) was a French

Paris Conservatory, where she studied counterpoint and fugue with the composer Arthur Honegger. She gave the first performance (and subsequently made recordings) as solo ondist in Messiaen's Turangalîla-Symphonie, with Yvonne Loriod
taking the solo piano part.

Martenot taught the composer Serge Nigg.[2]

Martenot composed and performed the score for the 1964 Canadian short documentary, Le Monde va nous prendre pour des sauvages. (English title: People Might Laugh at Us.) Directed by Françoise Bujold and Jacques Godbout, the film depicts Mi'kmaq children on a reserve in Maria, Quebec.[3]

She was the sister of Madeleine Martenot, a pianist and pedagogue.[4]

Notable performances

On December 10, 1949, Ginette Martenot performed on the ondes Martenot in the premier of Messiaen's Turangalîla-Symphonie with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Bernstein.[5] The part was written for Martenot herself, with Messiaen describing her as "the only possible ondiste" for his work, and "the perfect virtuoso," in a 1949 letter to Serge Koussevitzky.[6]

Awards

On April 20, 1995, Martenot was admitted to the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres at the rank of Commandeur.[7]

Martenot received a Grand Prix for conducting an ensemble of ondes Martenot in a performance of Messiaen's unpublished 1937 work, Fête des belles eaux.[8]

Publications

  • "Voies nouvelles pour présenter la musique à l'enfant," [New methods for introducing music to children] by Ginette Martenot. Published in the international education review, "Pour l'Ère Nouvelle," January 1933.[9]
  • "Influence du rhythme et du temps rhythmique sur l'enfant," [The influence of rhythm and rhythmic meter on the child] by Ginette and Maurice Martenot. Published in the international education review, "Pour l'Ère Nouvelle," July 1934.[10]

References

  1. ^ Orton, Richard, and Davies, Hugh. "Ondes martenot". Grove Music Online (subscription access)
  2. ^ Massin, Brigitte. "Nigg, Serge". Grove Music Online (subscription access)
  3. ^ Canada, Office national du film du, Le monde va nous prendre pour des sauvages (in French), retrieved 2023-04-20
  4. ^ Drazevener; Clarens (February 1910). "Les Concerts". Paris Musical & Dramatique. p. 6, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6110941r/f6.item.
  5. ProQuest 105885320
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  6. ProQuest 210495635
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  7. ^ "Cabinet et services rattachés au Ministre". Archives Nationales. 2002. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  8. JSTOR 1004419
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  9. ^ Martenot, Ginette (January 1933). "Voies nouvelles pour présenter la musique à l'enfant". L'Ère Nouvelle (84): 155–159 – via Internet Archive.
  10. ^ Martenot, Ginette; Martenot, Maurice (July 1934). "Influence du rythme et du temps rythmique chez l'enfant" (PDF). Pour l'Ère Nouvelle (99): 171–174 – via Université de Caen.

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