[프랑스 여성 음악가]Cécile Chaminade(세실 샤미나드)

Cécile Chaminade
Portrait of Cécile Chaminade, by Guessford============================================= .

Piano Trio No. 1 in g minor, Op. 11

I. Allegro
II. Andante 8:35
III. Presto leggiero 14:06 (Arielle = PERFECTION)
IV. Allegro molto agitato 18:09

Piano Trio 2 in A minor (1886)

Mov.I: Allegro Moderato 00:00
Mov.II: Lento 10:06
Mov.III: Allegro Energico 17:53

(8 August 1857 – 13 April 1944) wasa French composer and pianist.^[1]

주로 여러 차례의 연주 여행과 특히 영국에서 연주한 가벼운 피아노 소품들로 유명하다. 샤미나드는 뱅자맹 고다르에게 작곡을 배웠다. 18세 때 처음으로 공개 연주회를 가졌으며 1892년에 런던에서 데뷔했다. 1908년 미국 데뷔 연주에서 필라델피아 오케스트라와의 협연으로 자작곡 〈콘체르트슈튀크 Concertstuck〉를 연주했다. 피아노 살롱 음악들은 폭넓은 인기를 얻었지만 오페라·발레·관현악모음곡을 포함한 보다 진지한 작품들은 성공을 거두지 못했다. 또한 다수의 가곡들을 작곡하기도 했다.

Biography

Born in Paris, she studied at first with her mother, then with Félix Le Couppey on piano, Marie Gabriel Augustin Savard, Martin Pierre Marsick on violin, and Benjamin Godard in music composition, but not officially, since her father disapproved of her musical education.^[2][3]

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.^[1]

She toured France several times in those earlier days, and in 1892 made her debut in England, where her work was extremely popular.^[2]Isidor Philipp, head of the piano department of the Paris Conservatory championed her works. She repeatedly returned to England during the 1890s and made premieres there with singers such as Blanche Marchesi and Pol Plançon, though this activity decreased after 1899 due to bad critical reviews.^[3]

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.^[3]

In 1908 she visited the United States, and was accorded a very hearty welcome from her admirers there.^[1] Her compositions were tremendous favorites with the American public, and such pieces as the Scarf Dance or the Ballet No. 1 were to be found in the music libraries of many lovers of piano music of the time. 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 once said of Chaminade: "This is not a woman who composes, but a composer who is a woman."^[4] In 1913, she was awarded the Légion d'Honneur, a first for a female composer.^[2][3] In London in 1903, she made gramophone recordings of seven of her compositions for the Gramophone and Typewriter Company; these are among the most sought-after piano recordings by collectors, though they have been reissued on compact disk.^[3]

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 13 April 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 in D major, Op. 107, composed for the 1902 Paris Conservatoire Concours, her most popular piece today.^[1]

Chaminade's sister married Moritz Moszkowski, also a well-known composer and pianist like Cécile.

Critical reception

Though many of Chaminade's piano compositions received good reviews from critics, many of her

other endeavors and more serious works did not, though this may have been due to gender prejudices.^[2] Most of her compositions were published during her lifetime and were financially successful.^[1][2]

Compositional style

Chaminade's music has been described as tuneful, highly accessible and mildly chromatic, and typically follows most aspects of late-Romantic French music.^[1]

Main article: List of compositions by Cécile Chaminade