Marina Saiz-Salazar

Marina Saiz-Salazar (1930-1990) was a composer and music educator who was one of the best known female composers in Panama.^[1]^[2] She lived in the United States for several years and died in Florida.^[3]

Saiz-Salazar was born in Panama to Inez Salazar and Julio Saiz.^[3] She studied with Roque Cordero and graduated from the Conservatorio Nacional de Musica (National Institute of Music) with honors in 1957, then taught counterpoint, orchestration, solfeggio, and theory there.^[4]^[5]

Saiz-Salazar’s compositions incorporated Panamanian folk melodies and rhythms as well as twelve-tone techniques. In May 1965, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Richard Dufallo premiered her orchestral work Se Jatpar at the third Inter-American Music Festival in Washington, D.C..^[2]^[4]

Saiz-Salazar’s compositions were initially published by the Pan American Union.^[6] They include:

Selected works

Chamber

Fugue (wind quartet)^[7]
Quintet (soprano, clarinet, violin, viola and cello)^[7]
Seven Pieces for Violin and Piano^[8]

Orchestra

Se Jatpar^[9]

Piano

Preludes^[10]
Sonata^[11]

References

^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers. 2: Sai - Zyb, Appendices (2. ed., revised and enl ed.). New York: Books & Music. p. 610. ISBN 978-0-9617485-1-7.
^ ^a ^b Casal, Luis Enrique (2006). Panamanian Art Music for Strings: Works for Violin/Piano and Viola/Piano by Roque Cordero, Eduardo Charpentier, and Fermin Castanedas (PDF). Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Graduate College. pp. 4, 6, 19, 97, 99.
^ ^a ^b "marina saiz 1931-1990 - Ancestry®". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
^ ^a ^b Nunez de Escalante, Cecilia (2002). Proposal of Principal Piano Programs (PDF) (in Spanish). Panama: University of Panama. pp. 1, 74, 83.
^ Music Journal Annual Anthology. Music Journal, Incorporated. 1961.
^ Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980). Women composers: A checklist of works for the solo voice. A reference publication in women's studies. Boston, Mass: Hall. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-8161-8498-9.
^ ^a ^b "Jaime Ingram Jaén-Apuntes para una historia de la música en Panamá (1903-2003)". istmo.denison.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1959). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.
^ Apel, Willi (1973). Harvard Dictionary of Music (2nd ed.). United States of America: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. p. 638.
^ Schleifer, Martha Furman; Galván, Gary (2016-01-28). Latin American Classical Composers: A Biographical Dictionary. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 552. ISBN 978-0-8108-8871-5.
^ Salazar, Marina Saiz (1957). Sonata para piano. Pan American Union.

[1] Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers. 2: Sai - Zyb, Appendices (2. ed., revised and enl ed.). New York: Books & Music. p. 610. ISBN 978-0-9617485-1-7.

[:0-2] Casal, Luis Enrique (2006). Panamanian Art Music for Strings: Works for Violin/Piano and Viola/Piano by Roque Cordero, Eduardo Charpentier, and Fermin Castanedas (PDF). Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Graduate College. pp. 4, 6, 19, 97, 99.

[:1-3] "marina saiz 1931-1990 - Ancestry®". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2023-08-24.

[:2-4] Nunez de Escalante, Cecilia (2002). Proposal of Principal Piano Programs (PDF) (in Spanish). Panama: University of Panama. pp. 1, 74, 83.

[5] Music Journal Annual Anthology. Music Journal, Incorporated. 1961.

[6] Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980). Women composers: A checklist of works for the solo voice. A reference publication in women's studies. Boston, Mass: Hall. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-8161-8498-9.

[:3-7] "Jaime Ingram Jaén-Apuntes para una historia de la música en Panamá (1903-2003)". istmo.denison.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-24.

[8] Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1959). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.

[9] Apel, Willi (1973). Harvard Dictionary of Music (2nd ed.). United States of America: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. p. 638.

[10] Schleifer, Martha Furman; Galván, Gary (2016-01-28). Latin American Classical Composers: A Biographical Dictionary. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 552. ISBN 978-0-8108-8871-5.

[11] Salazar, Marina Saiz (1957). Sonata para piano. Pan American Union.

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