Marta Canales

Marta Canales Pizarro (17 July 1893 – 6 December 1986) was a Chilean violinist, choral conductor and composer. She was born in Santiago and made her debut as a violinist at age eleven playing Mendelssohn's "Concerto". With her brothers, she founded a chamber ensemble that was active from 1916–1920. After her performing career ended, she studied composition with Luigi Stefano Giarda, and then worked as a composer and choral conductor. She died in Santiago, aged 93.

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)