# Marjo Tal

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**Marjo Tal** (15 January 1915 - 27 August 2006)[1] was a Dutch composer[2] and pianist[3] who wrote the music for over 150 songs and often performed them while accompanying herself on the piano.

## Life and career

### Early life

Tal was born in [The Hague](/source/The_Hague), the oldest of three daughters in a Jewish family.[1] She studied with [Sem Dresden](/source/Sem_Dresden) and Nelly Wagenaar at the [Amsterdam Conservatory](/source/Amsterdam_Conservatory).[4] In 1936, she won a 3-year government scholarship to study in [London](/source/London) with pianist Franz Osborn, where she also accompanied the students of violinist [Carl Flesch](/source/Carl_Flesch).[1]

Tal returned to the Netherlands, where she made her debut at the Diligentia Theatre (in The Hague) on 7 March 1940. During WWII, she moved from hiding place to hiding place, and was not able to practice or perform in public. While moving around, she lost several early compositions: two string trios, a quartet, a violin sonata and a cello sonata.[1]

Tal's two sisters moved to Israel after WWII. Marjo Tal remained in the Netherlands with her mother, who had survived the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. She taught and worked as an accompanist at dance studios and fashion shows. Tal toured throughout Europe as a piano soloist. By the mid-1960s changed her focus from performance to composition.[1]

### Later life

Tal set poems by the following poets to music: [Anna Akhmatova](/source/Anna_Akhmatova), [Guillaume Apollinaire](/source/Guillaume_Apollinaire), [Louis Aragon](/source/Louis_Aragon), [Charles Baudelaire](/source/Charles_Baudelaire), Esther Blom, [Rupert Brooke](/source/Rupert_Brooke), [Robert Desnos](/source/Robert_Desnos), [Paul Eluard](/source/Paul_%C3%89luard), [Jan Engelman](/source/Jan_Engelman), [Elizabeth Eybers](/source/Elisabeth_Eybers), [Maurice Fombeure](/source/Maurice_Fombeure), [Paul Fort](/source/Paul_Fort), Paul Geraldy, Jan Hendrix Leopoldo, [Federico Garcia Lorca](/source/Federico_Garc%C3%ADa_Lorca), [Osip Mandelstam](/source/Osip_Mandelstam), [Jacques Prevert](/source/Jacques_Pr%C3%A9vert), and [Raymond Queneau](/source/Raymond_Queneau).[1][4] She made several recordings for BV Haast Records.[5][6]

In 1988, Tal emigrated to Israel to live near her sisters.[1] Her music was published by [Donemus](/source/Donemus) and Ray Ventura.[4]

## Works

### Chamber

- *Miniaturen* (various instruments)
- *Old Irish Country Songs* (recorder, harp and viola da gamba or flute, piano and cello)[4]
- *Seven Pieces for a Gentleman and His Recorder*[7]
- *String Quartet*[4]
- *Three Encores* (recorder and piano)[7]

### Piano

- *Drei in Een* (piano 4 hands)[1]
- *Miniaturen* (piano 4 hands)[1]

### Vocal

- “12 Chansons de Queneau”[1]
- “20 Chansons de Prevert”[1]
- “Acht Engelman Liederen”[4]
- “After: Six Songs of Poems by Rupert Brooke”[8]
- “Canciones Espanolas”[1]
- “Canzonen: Five Songs”[1]
- “Cent et Cinquant Chansons Litteraires”[4]
- “Deux Rondeaux”[1]
- “Dix Chansons de Jacques Prevert”[4]
- *En Sourdine* (voice and instruments)[4]
- “Four Settings of Irish Country Songs”[1]
- Mass (choir and organ)[9]
- “Sept Poemes d’Amour en Guerre”[4]
- *Siete Canciones Espanola* (voice, piano and other instruments)[4]
- “Six Songs”[4]
- “Tender et Dangereux: Six Songs”[4]

## External links

- [Hear music by Marjo Tal](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=marjo+tal)

## References

1. trilobiet, acdhirr for. ["Marjo Tal"](https://www.forbiddenmusicregained.org/search/composer/id/3295f60457b001860158253324ba0093). *www.forbiddenmusicregained.org*. Retrieved 2021-09-04.

1. ["TAL, Marjo"](https://donne-uk.org/author/tal-marjo/). *Donne*. Retrieved 2021-09-04.

1. Hixon, Donald L. (1993). *Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography*. 2nd ed. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. [OCLC 28889156](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28889156)

1. Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). *International encyclopedia of women composers*. Second edition, revised and enlarged ed. New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. [OCLC 16714846](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16714846)

1. Tal, Marjo. ["discos.com"](https://www.discogs.com/artist/2363305-Marjo-Tal). *disco.com*. Retrieved 2021-09-03.

1. [*Gaudeamus Information*](https://books.google.com/books?id=B9c4AQAAIAAJ&q=Marjo+tal). Foundation Gaudeamus. 2002.

1. [*The Recorder Magazine*](https://books.google.com/books?id=LG49AQAAIAAJ&q=Marjo+tal). Schott & Company. 2001.

1. Malinowski, Sharon; Pendergast, Tom; Pendergast, Sara (1994). [*Gay & Lesbian Literature: Introduction to gay male literature*](https://books.google.com/books?id=ko8YAAAAIAAJ&q=Marjo+tal). St. James Press. ISBN 978-1-55862-350-7.

1. [*Organ and Harpsichord Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog*](https://books.google.com/books?id=C6quo7Weh4AC&dq=Marjo+tal&pg=PA120). ABC-CLIO. 1991. ISBN 978-0-313-26802-1.

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