Frank Martin (September 15, 1890 – November 21, 1974) was a Swiss composer.

Born in Geneva, his better known compositions include:

• Le Vin Herbé (1938)
• Petite Symphonie Concertante (1944)
• In Terra Pax (1944)
• Concerto for seven wind instruments, timpani and strings (1949)
• Golgotha (1949)
• Quatre Pièces Brèves for guitar (1933)
• Polyptyque, for Violin and two small string orchestras (1973)

He also wrote a full scale symphony (1937), a Requiem, two piano concertos, a harpsichord concerto, a violin concerto , a cello concerto, and a series of ballades for various solo instruments with piano or orchestra.

He developed a style based on Arnold Schoenberg's twelve tone method, having become interested in this around 1932, but did not abandon tonality.

Martin died in Naarden in the Netherlands.

External link

• The Frank Martin society http://www.frankmartin.org/english.html