Marcel Rubin (7 July 1905 – 12 May 1995) was an Austrian composer.^[1]

Born in Vienna, where he studied with Richard Robert^[2] and Franz Schmidt, he later emigrated to Paris, where he pursued further studies with Darius Milhaud. After living in Mexico City for a while, he returned to Vienna after the end of World War II.

Among the works he composed there are ten symphonies and the opera Kleider machen Leute (1969).^[3]

Honours and awards

• 1959: State Prize for Music^[4]
• 1961 and 1965: Award from the Theodor-Körner Foundation
• 1964: Title of Professor
• 1969: City of Vienna Prize for Music
• 1970: Grand Austrian State Prize for Music^[5]
• 1974: Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class
• 1979: Honorary Member of the Austrian Society for Contemporary Music
• 1980: Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
• 1985: Honorary Member of the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna
• 1986: Gold Medal of Vienna

Selected compositions

Stage works

• Die Stadt, ballet (1933, rev. 1980)
• Kleider machen Leute, opera (1969)
• Der Schneider im Himmel, fairy tale in music (1981)

Cantatas & oratorios

• Die Albigenser (1961)
• O ihr Menschen. Ein Heiligenstädter Psalm (1977)
• Auferstehung (1986)
• Licht über Damaskus (1988)

Orchestral works

• Ten symphonies (between 1928 and 1986)
• Concertos for double bass (1970), trumpet (1972), bassoon (1976), piano (1992), flute & strings (1994)
• Sinfonietta for string orchestra (1966)

Chamber music

• 6 string quartets (between 1926 and 1991)
• String Trio (1927, rev. 1962)
• Sonata, for cello and piano (1928)
• Sonata, for violin and piano (1974)
• Concertino, for 12 cellos (1975)

Solo instrumental

• 4 piano sonatas (between 1925 and 1994)
• Tageszeiten. 4 piano pieces (1955)
• Petite Sérénade pour Guitare (1977)
• Klaviermusik 94, for piano (1994)