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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