Robert-Charles Martin

Robert-Charles Martin (1877—1949) was a French composer, organist and teacher.

Life

Martin lived in the French port city of Le Havre (Seine-Maritime) where he held the position of organist at the city's church of St Michel.[1] Among his pupils was the composer Arthur Honegger who dedicated his first published work to Martin.[2]

Works

Martin was a prolific composer, particularly of solo keyboard works (for harmonium, organ and piano), chamber music, vocal music, and pedagogical texts. His published works comprise more than 150 items.[3]

  • 'Élévation' (Parnasse des Organistes ... First series, vol.1. 1911), performed by Andrew Pink.[4]
  • Public domain copies of works by Robert-Charles Martin at IMSLP.

References
  1. 'Le Havre' in Jean Malandin Organiste titulaire des orgues historiques de l'église Abbatiale de Montivilliers. Web resource, accessed 24 March 2022
  2. Pierre Meylan (1982) Honegger, L'Âge d'Homme, 17
  3. Works by Robert-Charles Martin in the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Online resource, accessed 24 March 2022
  4. Andrew Pink 'Exordia ad missam': my lockdown recordings 2020-22. Creative Commons online resource, accessed 22 March 2022.
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