Carmela Mackenna

Carmela Mackenna Subercaseaux (1879-1962) was a Chilean pianist and composer. She was born in Santiago, Chile, the granddaughter of Chilean hero Juan Mackenna, and aunt of composer Alfonso Leng. She studied music theory with Bindo Paoli in Santiago and continued her studies in piano and composition with Konrad Ansorge and Hans Mersmann in Berlin.[1]

She was successful as both a pianist and composer in Europe, and 1936 won an award for her Mass for mixed chorus a cappella in the International Competition of Church Music held in Frankfurt. The mass was performed by the choir of the Munich Frauenkirche Cathedral in Munich.[2]

Works

Selected works include:

References

  1. ^ Slonimesky, Nicolas (1972). Music of Latin America. 
  2. ^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994) (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. http://books.google.com/books?id=IvoQQU1QL_QC&pg=PA299&dq=Carmela+Mackenna+piano&hl=en&ei=bp8qTabPJcG88gaCrJGSAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Carmela%20Mackenna%20piano&f=false. Retrieved 9 January 2011. 
  3. ^ Apel, Paul Hermann (1958). Music of the Americas, North and South.