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Cécile Chaminade
(1857-1944)
had already composed several sacred works by age eight. Bizet advised her parents to give her a good musical education, so she studied piano, harmony, counterpoint and fugue with various teachers and composition with Godard. At 18, she gave her debut as a pianist and toured France and England, often performing her own works. She wrote a great number of agreeable pieces in salon style which attained extraordinary vogue in France, England and America. Her large works were less successful, although her piano concerto was performed at the Gewandhaus, Cologne, Lamoureaux and London Philharmonic concerts. France bestowed the Legion of Honor on Chaminade for her 350 works in all genres. She performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1908 and also made appearances as a conductor.
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"Etude Op.35 No.5 - Autumn" (MIDI by P.Wolfe)
"Callirhoi - Air de ballet, Op.37 No.4" (MIDI by P.Wolfe)
"Concertino for Flute and Piano" (MIDI by S.T.Chambers)
"Lolita - Caprice Espagnol, Op.54" (MIDI by P.Wolfe)
"Dance Creole in Eb min" (MIDI by J.Cowles)
