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Myriam Marbe (April 9, 1931 in Bucharest – December 25, 1997 in Bucharest) was a Romanian composer and pianist.

Marbe received her first

Besides being a composer, Marbe worked as a journalist and musicologist. She coauthored a monograph on George Enescu and also wrote critical essays and analyses on musical style.

The composer's heritage is located at the Sophie Drinker Institut (Bremen/Germany) [1] and most of the scores are available at the Institut's internet-site [2].

Works

• Nunta Zamfirei, ballet, 1954
• Sonata for viola and piano, 1955
• In Memoriam, lyrical piece for oboe, 2 horns, piano, celesta, drum set, and string orchestra, 1959
• Chorsuite, choral suite on texts by Ilie Constantin and Paul Aristide, 1959
• Sonata (Prologo – Aria – Epilogo) for 2 violas, 1966
• Le Temps Inévitable, 1968–71
• Serenata - Eine kleine Sonnenmusik, 1974
• La parabol du grenier for an interpreter on piano,
  tubular bells
  , 1975–76
• Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, 1977
• Trium, symphonic piece for large orchestra, 1978
• Souvenir d'un paysage inconnu for flute and viola, 1979
• Timpul regasit for soprano or tenor, recorder, 3 violas, alto and tenor viol, and harpsichord, 1982
• Trommelbass, for string trio and drums, 1985
• Sonata per due for viola and flute, 1985
• An die Sonne for mezzo-soprano and saxophone, 1986
• Concertul pentru Daniel Kientzy si saxofon, 1986
• After nau, sonata for cello and organ, 1987
• Ur-Ariadne-Sinfonie Nr. 1 for mezzo-soprano, saxophone, and orchestra, 1988
• Dialogi - nicht nur ein Bilderbuch für Christian Morgenstern, 1989
• Farbe und Klang, song cycle on texts by Ulrich von Liechtenstein, Heinrich von Veldeke, Heinrich Heine, Friedrich von Hausen, König Konrad, and Christian Morgenstern
• Fra Angelico - Chagall - Voronet - Requiem for mezzo-soprano, choir, and chamber ensemble, 1990
• Stabat mater for 12 voices and flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, horn, trombone, percussion, viola, and double bass
• Paos for viola and clarinet, 1995
• Sym-phonia for mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble on poems by Else Lasker-Schüler, 1996
• arc-en-ciel for recorder and flute, 1997
• Song of Ruth for 5 cellos, 1997

References

• Beimel, Thomas. Vom Ritual zur Abstraktion - über die rumänische Komponistin Myriam Marbe. Wuppertal and Unna: Tokkata-Verlag, 1994
• ISBN 3-89727-155-9
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• Kadja Grönke [3]. Vita - Würdigung - Nachlass: http://www.sophie-drinker-institut.de/cms/index.php?page=wuerdigung