Amanda Courtaux
Amanda Courtaux (aka Marie Mathilde Courtaux ; born October 27, 1856 in Port Louis / Mauritius ; † 1941 ) was a French music teacher and composer .
Born as the daughter of a French government representative in Mauritius, Courtaux studied after attending grammar school from 1875 to 1879 at the Conservatoire de Paris with Félix Le Couppey . She then worked as a piano teacher and composed works that caught the attention of publisher ME Costil. In 1905-06 he published her Marche Militaire for piano four hands, an Ave Maria and the Priere De Sainte Cecile for violin, cello, harp and organ. In 1907 she was named an officer of the Académie des Beaux-Arts by the French minister of culture .
During the First World War , Courtaux lived and taught in the Villa des Fougeres in Friborg , Switzerland, a residence of the Sinsinawa Dominican sisters. In 1921 she traveled to the USA and in 1922 was accepted into the Dominican Order as sister Mary Amanda . She taught for eighteen more years at St. Clara College in Sinsinawa, Wisconsin , Edgewood Academy in Madison , Wisconsin, Rosary College in River Forest , Illinois, and Villa Fougeres .
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| SURNAME | Courtaux, Amanda |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Courtaux, Marie Mathilde |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French music teacher and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 27, 1856 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Port Louis |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1941 |