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In the spotlight
On that day 22 January
Persons
Henri MARÉCHAL
D’abord attiré par la poésie, le jeune Henri Maréchal s’oriente rapidement vers la musique. Il suit des cours de solfège auprès du pédagogue Émile Chevé et de l’organiste Édouard Batiste, puis s’init...
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René-Charles GUILBERT DE PIXÉRÉCOURT
Auteur dramatique et librettiste, directeur de l'Opéra-Comique de 1824 à 1827.
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Charles TOURNEMIRE
Tournemire studied first in his native city of Bordeaux, then at the Paris Conservatoire with Charles-Wilfrid Bériot (piano) and Antoine Taudou (harmony). He spent a year in César Franck’s organ class...
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Francis de CROISSET
Franz Wiener, dit Francis de Croisset. Auteur dramatique, romancier et librettiste d'opérette d'origine belge, naturalisé français
Persons
François-Antoine HABENECK
Habeneck, more than anyone in France, and possibly in Europe, epitomised the modern conductor. After studying the violin under Pierre Baillot at the Paris Conservatoire (Premier Prix, 1804), he took u...
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Caroline MONTIGNY
Née Rémaury. Épouse Montigny puis Wieczffinski de Serres. Pianiste. Élève de Franz Liszt.
Focus
Romantic Harp
In early nineteenth-century France, the harp was a very modern instrument, replacing the “baroque” harpsichord and competing with the pianoforte in a quest for “classical” expression.
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