Marcelle Villin

Marcelle Henriette Marie Villin (8 May 1921 – 29 March 2022) was a French composer and organist who published her music under the name "Marcelle Villin."

Biography Marcelle Henriette Marie Villin was born in Plomion. She studied music at the Conservatoire de Lille with Kara Chatteley and Edmond Gaujac, and received the Conservatoire's First Prize. Villin later studied at the Collegium Musicum de France and gave organ recitals throughout the United States and France. She was the organist at Sacre Coeur Church in Antibes.

Villin's music has been published by Editions Musicales Transatlantiques, Gerard Billaudot and Henry Lemoine. She died on 29 March 2022, at the age of 100. Her works include:

Chamber Badinage (violin and piano) Chant d'Amour Mystique (violin and organ) Dans ta Demeur, Seigneur (violin and organ) Extrait Tuerkesse (violin and piano) Lui et Elle (violin and piano) Nos Ames s'Elancent vers Toi, Seigneur Jesus (violin and piano or organ)

Piano/Organ Adoration pour une Nuit de Noel (organ) Alors se Dressant, Il Commanda au Vent et a la Mer Attente Elle Court la Micheline En ce Lieu Savage (etude for left hand) (L')Espiegle Jongleur Esquisses de Vacances Evocations Fantaisie Gyoniam Ipsi Consolabuntur Heures Sylvestres Loins dans la Montagne Marche Funebre Marche Romaine Meditation Devant un Crucifix (organ) Mon Chien et Moi Prelude Quatuor s'Amuse Scherzo Sonate de Noel Sunt Unum, Melodie pour un Marriage Theatre d'Enfants, Theme and Variations Trois Pieces

Theater

Les Fourberies de Scapin (text by Molière)

Vocal

Annonce de Pacques (bass solo and chorus) Au Christ-roi (cantata; bass solo, tenor solo and chorus) Ave Maria Cantum Ergo (chorus and organ) Chant d'Allegresse pour l'Ascension (chorus) Deux Melodies (children's chorus) Dormeuse (lullaby) Hymne a St. Jeanne d'Arc Je Crois en Dieu (chorus) Je Vous Salue Marie (children's chorus) Jesus en sa Creche (chorus, children's voices and organ) Kyrie Eleison (chorus) O Navire Immobile Pater Noster (bass solo, violin and organ) Pres d'un Etang (voice and piano) Six Melodies Tendre Invocations au Sacre Coeur (bass solo and chorus)