Compositrices : à l'aube du XXe siècle

The Resource Compositrices : à l'aube du XXe siècle
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Compositrices : à l'aube du XXe siècle
Title remainder
à l'aube du XXe siècle
Statement of responsibility
Juliette Hurel ; Hélène Couvert
Contributor
Instrumentalist
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Juliette Hurel and Hélène Couvert, who have long enjoyed a close rapport on the concert platform and on disc, here celebrate five French women composers at the turn of the twentieth century. Countess Clémence de Grandval was the composer of some sixty songs. Augusta Holmès earned the admiration of Liszt, Wagner and Saint-Saëns. To mark the universal exhibition of 1889, she composed a monumental work for more than a thousand musicians. During her studies at the conservatoire, Mélanie Bonis fell madly in love with a singer, but had to marry a rich industrialist. She later returned to composition and used the pseudonym Mel Bonis, leaving her gender in doubt. Cécile Chaminade displayed extraordinary gifts at a very early age. Bizet called her 'my little Mozart'. Lili Boulanger received her first music lessons from her sister, the famous teacher Nadia. In 1913, at the age of nineteen, she became the first woman to receive the Prix de Rome. The word 'compositrice' was born!
Accompanying matter
biography of composer or author
Cataloging source
NLAV
Date of event
2019 July
Form of composition
sonatas
Format of music
close score
Language note
Program notes and biographical notes in French, English and German
Other event information
Recorded
PerformerNote
Juliette Hurel, flute ; Hélène Couvert, piano
Place of event
Westvest Kerk, Schiedam, The Netherlands
Target audience
general
Transposition and arrangement
not applicable

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