Cecile Chaminade (1857 - 1944)
France

Cécile Louise Stéphanie Chaminade (August 8, 1857 ? April 13, 1944) was a French composer and pianist. Born in Paris, she studied at first with her mother, then with Félix Le Couppey, Savart, Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick and Benjamin Godard, but not officially, since her father disapproved of her musical education.



Her first experiments in composition took place in very early days, and in her eighth year she played some of her sacred music to Georges Bizet, who was much impressed with her talents. She gave her first concert when she was eighteen, and from that time on her work as a composer gained steadily in favor. She wrote mostly character pieces for piano, and salon songs, almost all of which were published.



She toured France several times in those earlier days, and in 1892 made her début in England, where her work was extremely popular.



Chaminade married a music publisher from Marseilles, Louis-Mathieu Carbonel, in 1901, and on account of his advanced age the marriage was rumored to be one of convenience. He died in 1907, and Chaminade did not remarry.



In 1908 she visited the United States, and was accorded a very hearty welcome from her innumerable admirers there. Her compositions were tremendous favorites with the American public, and such pieces as the Scarf dance or the Ballet No. 1 are to be found in the music libraries of all cultured lovers of piano music. She composed a Konzertstück for piano and orchestra, the ballet music to Callirhoé and other orchestral works. Her songs, such as The Silver Ring and Ritournelle, were also great favorites. Ambroise Thomas, the celebrated French composer and writer, once said of Chaminade: "This is not a woman who composes, but a composer who is a woman." In 1913, she was awarded the Légion d'Honneur, a first for a female composer. In London, 1903, she made gramophone recordings of six of her compositions for the Gramophone and Typewriter Company, these are among the most sought-after piano recordings by collectors. Before and after World War I, Chaminade recorded many piano rolls, but as she grew older, she composed less and less, dying in Monte Carlo on April 13, 1944.



Chaminade was relegated to obscurity for the second half of the 20th Century, her piano pieces and songs mostly forgotten, with the Flute Concertino her most popular piece today.



Her sister married Moritz Moszkowski.



This article is based on a text from the Etude magazine, prior to 1923, that is in the public domain.

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Concertino for Flute (Op.107)
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1902
By Fs, the 21 Jan 2015

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Élégie (Album des Enfants, vol. 2, op. 126, no. 7)
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1907
By kheidtmann, the 25 Nov 2021

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Valse romantique (Op 115)
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1905
By compomon, the 15 Oct 2019

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Air de Ballet (Album des Enfants 1, op. 123, no. 11)
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Scarf Dance (Op.37No.3)
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By Fs, the 21 Apr 2006

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Valse-Ballet (Op 112)
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1904
By compomon, the 19 Oct 2019

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Valse-Ballet (Op 112)
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1904
By compomon, the 19 Oct 2019

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Aubade, Morning Love Song (Album des Enfants, vol. 2, op. 126, no. 2)
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1907
By kheidtmann, the 24 Nov 2021

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Intermezzo (Album des Enfants, vol. 1, op. 123, no. 2)
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1906
By kheidtmann, the 31 Aug 2020

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DANS LA LANDE (Poème provençal n°1 Opus 127)
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1908
By serge-dalleluche, the 01 Feb 2019

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Valse tendre (Op.119)
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By Fs, the 21 Feb 2016