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Cécile Louise Chaminade
Born: August 8, 1857
Died: April 13, 1944
Country: France
Period: Romantic
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One of the relatively few women composers of her time to achieve great popularity, Cécile Chaminade was a child prodigy; she began playing the piano very early, and her first compositions date from the age of eight. Her father wouldn't allow her to attend the Paris Conservatoire, but she did work privately with many instructors, including Benjamin Godard, with whom she studied composition. She gave her first public recital at age 18, and from
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Air à Danser (1)
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Air de ballet, Op. 30 (1)
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Air de ballet, Op. 41 "Pierrette" (3)
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Album des enfants, Book 1, Op. 123: no 10, Tarantelle (1)
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Album des enfants, Book 1, Op. 123: no 4, Rondeau (1)
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Album des enfants, Book 1, Op. 123: no 5, Gavotte (1)
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Album des enfants, Book 1, Op. 123: no 9, Orientale (1)
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Album des enfants, Book 2, Op. 126: no 1, Idylle (1)
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Album des enfants, Book 2, Op. 126: no 10, Villanelle (1)
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Album des enfants, Book 2, Op. 126: no 2, Aubade (1)
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Album des enfants, Book 2, Op. 126: no 9, Patrouille (1)
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Arabesque for Piano, Op. 61 (2)
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Arlequine, Op. 53 (1)
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Au pays bleu (1)
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Au pays dévasté, Op. 155 (1)
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Berceuse (2)
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Callirhoé (1)
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Chaconne for Piano, Op. 8 (1)
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Chanson espagnole, Op. 150 "Serenade espagnole" (13)
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Chanson Slave (1)
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Concert Etudes (6) for Piano, Op. 35: no 1, Scherzo in C major (1)
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Concert Etudes (6) for Piano, Op. 35: no 2, Autumn (6)
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Concert Etudes (6) for Piano, Op. 35: no 5, Impromptu (1)
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Concert Etudes (6) for Piano, Op. 35: no 6, Tarantelle (1)
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Concertino for Flute, Op. 107 (20)
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Concertstück for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 40 (1)
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Contes bleus, Op. 122 (1)
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Cortège, Op. 143 (1)
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Danse crèole for Piano, Op. 94 (2)
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Divertissement for Piano, Op. 105 (1)
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Etude mélodique for Piano in G flat major, Op. 118 (1)
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Etude pathétique for Piano in B minor, Op. 124 (1)
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Etude scholastique, Op. 139 (1)
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Etude symphonique, Op. 28 (2)
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Feuillets d'Album, Op. 98: no 3, Elégie in D flat major (1)
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Gigue for Piano in D major, Op. 43 (1)
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Guitarre for Piano (1)
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L'Amour captif: Mignonne, à l'amour j'ai lié les alies (1)
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L'anneau d'argent (2)
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L'Anneau d'argent (Le cher anneau d'argent), for voice & piano (1)
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L'éte (4)
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L'Ondine, Op. 101 (2)
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La lisonjera, Op. 50 (6)
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La Morena, for piano, Op. 67 (1)
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La petite rond d'argent (1)
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La Sévillane, Op. 19 (1)
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Le Matin (1)
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Le Noel des oiseaux (2)
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Le retour, Op. 134 (1)
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Les rêves (1)
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Libellules, Op. 24 (1)
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Lolita (1)
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Madrigal, for voice & piano (1)
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Mignonne (1)
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Minuetto for Piano (1)
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Mots d'amour (1)
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Nocturne for Piano, Op. 165 (1)
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Pas de écharpes, Op. 37 "Scarf Dance" (8)
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Pas de Sylphes for Piano (1)
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Passacaille for Piano in E major, Op. 130 (1)
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Pastorale for Piano in F major, Op. 114 (1)
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Petits coeurs, for voice & piano (1)
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Piano Trio in G minor: 1. Allegro (1)
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Pièce romantique, Op 7 no 1 (1)
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Pièces humoristiques, Op. 87 no 3: no 2, Inquiétude (1)
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Pièces humoristiques, Op. 87: no 2, Sous bois (1)
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Pièces humoristiques, Op. 87: no 4, Autrefois (6)
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Pièces humoristiques, Op. 87: no 5, Consolation (1)
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Pièces romantiques, Op. 55: no 6, Rigaudon (1)
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Pierette for Piano (2)
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Plaintes d'Amour (1)
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Poèmes Provençales, Op. 127: no 2, Solitude (1)
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Poèmes Provençales, Op. 127: no 3, Le Passé (1)
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Poèmes Provençales, Op. 127: no 4, Pêcheurs de nuit (1)
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Portrait (Valse Chantée), for voice, flute & piano (1)
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Preludes (3) for Piano, Op. 84: no 3 in D minor (1)
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Romance for Piano in D major, Op. 137 (1)
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Romances sans paroles, Op. 76 (1)
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Romances sans paroles, Op. 76: no 1, Souvenance (1)
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Romances sans paroles, Op. 76: no 2, Elévation (2)
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Romances sans paroles, Op. 76: no 5, Chanson bretonne (2)
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Ronde d'amour (1)
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Ronde d'amour: Ah! si l'amour prenait racine (1)
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Rosemonde (1)
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Scherzo-Valse for Piano, Op. 148 (1)
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Sérénade espagnole, for piano, Op. 150 (1)
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Serenade for Piano in D major, Op. 29 (2)
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Si j'étais jardinier (1)
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Sombrero (1)
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Sonata for Piano in C minor, Op. 21 (2)
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Sous la Masque for Piano (1)
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The Fauns, Op. 60 (5)
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The Flatterer (2)
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Thème Varié for Piano in A major, Op. 89 (1)
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Toccata for Piano (1)
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Toccata for Piano, Op. 39 (1)
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Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello no 1 in G minor, Op. 11 (2)
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Tristesse, Op. 104 (1)
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Trois danses anciennes for Piano, Op. 95: no 3, Courante (1)
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Valse Arabesque for Piano (1)
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Valse brilliante for Piano no 3, Op. 80 (2)
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Valse Caprice, Op. 33 (1)
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Valse romantique, Op. 115 (1)
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Valse tendre, Op. 119 (1)
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Viens! mon bien-aimé! (Les beaux jours vont enfin renaître), for voice & piano (1)
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Viens, mon bien-aime! (1)
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Waltz for Piano no 2, Op. 77 (1)
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Waltz for Piano no 4, Op. 91 (1)
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Waltz for Piano no 6, Op. 112 "Valse-Ballet" (1)
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Zingara, Op. 27/2 (1)
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Biography |
by Chris Morrison
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| One of the relatively few women composers of her time to achieve great popularity, Cécile Chaminade was a child prodigy; she began playing the piano very early, and her first compositions date from the age of eight. Her father wouldn't allow her to attend the Paris Conservatoire, but she did work privately with many instructors, including Benjamin Godard, with whom she studied composition. She gave her first public recital at age 18, and from then on appeared frequently as a pianist all over the world, often playing her own music. She was a regular on British concert stages from the early 1890s, and was a guest of Queen Victoria during one of her British tours. Chaminade made her American debut in 1908, playing her Concertstück, Op. 40 (written around 1896) with the Philadelphia Orchestra. She was a big hit in America, and within a few years many Chaminade clubs sprang up around the country. In 1913 she was the first woman to receive the Legion of Honor from the French government.
A large percentage of Chaminade's nearly 400 compositions were published during her lifetime. About half of those are short piano pieces, some of which, like the Scarf Dance and The Flatterer, were once quite popular. She also wrote about 125 songs, as well as a few larger, more ambitious pieces like the ballet Callirhoë (1888), the comic opera La Sevillane, and the dramatic symphony Les amazones for chorus and orchestra (1888). She also composed two orchestral suites and a handful of chamber works, including two trios. |
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