Description
Chaminade Piece Romantique for Flute and Piano
Chaminade Piece Romantique for Flute and Piano
Publisher-Durand
Transcribed for flute and piano by Léopold Lafleurance
Opus 9
Cécile Louise Stéphanie Chaminade
Cécile Louise Stéphanie Chaminade (1857-1944) was a French composer and renowned pianist.
Chaminade’s talent was recognised early on when she performed her compositions for Georges Bizet in 1869. In 1878, she gave a salon performance solely featuring her own compositions, marking the start of her career as a composer. Despite her father’s opposition to her attending the Paris Conservatoire, she studied composition privately with Benjamin Godard and other notable Professors.
She gave her first public recital at the age of 18 and gained recognition through concert tours. As a solo pianist, she proved popular with audiences in both the UK and the USA.
She gave her debut London performance in 1892 and in 1908, Chaminade achieved her American debut, performing with the Philadelphia Orchestra. She also became the first female composer to receive admission to the Order of the Legion of Honour in 1913. While her piano salon music and songs enjoyed wide popularity, her more serious works, including an opera, a ballet, and orchestral suites, received mixed reviews, often influenced by gender stereotypes rather than the merits of her compositions.
Chaminade’s extensive body of work comprises more than 400 compositions, including a wide range of piano pieces and songs. She also ventured into various other genres, such as opera, orchestral suites, ballet, and notably, her beloved “Concertino Opus 107” for flute and piano.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cecile-Chaminade
Léopold Lafleurance
Lafleurance (1865-1953) was a French flautist and professor. He began studying at the Paris Conservatoire when he was twelve years old and received private lessons from Paul Taffanel. Lafleurance played as a flautist in various orchestras, including the Orchestra of the Society of Concerts and the Paris Opera Orchestra. He became a professor of flute at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1914 to 1919, where he taught notable flautists such as Joseph Rampal and René Le Roy. Lafleurance continued to play the piccolo in the Paris Opera Orchestra until he retired at the age of 81 in 1947.
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