Frank Martin
Introduction


Welcome to the Frank Martin site!

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This site gives you information about the Swiss composer, Frank Martin (1890-1974).

The site, intended primarily for musicians, musicologists and concert organizers, contains a concise biography and lists of works selected by genre (specifying instrumentation, duration, year of composition and the publisher of each work).

Music lovers will be interested in the information about the "Société Frank Martin" and the "Frank Martin Stichting" (including CDs and books available), the information about the "Frank Martin House" in Naarden (The Netherlands) and the large collection of photographs (classified according to different topics).

Also there is the possibility of communicating with the composer's widow, Maria Martin, by mail or E-mail (see "Information").

The site was set up by Maria Martin, Frank le Coultre (the composer's grandson) and Ferry Jongbloed (responsible for the "Frank Martin House"), under the auspices of the "Societé Frank Martin".


To introduce the composer to you here are some quotations regarding him, as expressed by some important musicians.

Please click: Quotations


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