Robert-Charles Martin Explained

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]

External links

• '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. http://jmalandin.free.fr/villes.htm#havre 'Le Havre'
2. Pierre Meylan (1982) Honegger, L'Âge d'Homme, 17
3. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/rechercher.do?index=AUT3&numNotice=14818557 Works by Robert-Charles Martin
4. Andrew Pink Exordia ad missam: my lockdown recordings 2020-22. Creative Commons online resource, accessed 22 March 2022.