Marguerite Achard

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Marguerite Eugénie Rosalie Achard Prothin (born March 26, 1874 in Paris , † March 1, 1963 in Montereau-Fault-Yonne ) was a French harpist, music teacher and composer.

Life

Marguerite Achard studied harp at the Conservatoire de Paris with Alphonse Hasselmans and in 1892 received first prize in the harp. In December 1892 she was the soloist in a concert of the Société-Sainte Cécile in Poitiers . On April 29, 1897 she played at a church concert in the Saint-Godard church in Rouen Priére von Hasselmans. From mid-1898 she taught a harp class at the Conservatoire de Versailles . On May 9, 1905, she gave a prelude to 13 of her harp students in the Salle de l'Athénée-Saint-Germain , presided over by Alphonse Hasselmans. On May 23, 1905 Marguerite Achard gave a concert in the Salle Erard, her brother Pierre Achard, who recited poetry, and some of her harp students also worked with them. On June 1, 1907, she gave a concert in the Salle Fémina . On January 25 In 1908 she was in the Salle Erard , a concert in which they also have their own composition d'orient Impression aufführte . In 1908 Marguerite Achard was the soloist at the third Société symphonique concert in La Rochelle . She gave private harp lessons in Paris.

Works (selection)

  • Reproches op. 1 for harp solo
  • Méditation op. 2 for harp solo
  • Récréations pour la harpe, U.- T. du Wast, Paris 1897
    • Prière, Op. 3 avec violon concertante ad libitum
    • Menuet, op. 4 for solo harp
    • Berceuse op.5 for solo harp
    • Mélancolie op. 6 for harp solo
  • Premières leçons et principes de harpe, Op. 7, U.-T. Du Wast, Paris 1897
  • Prière, Op. 8 for piano and violin
  • Receuillement op. 9 for harp with piano or organ
  • Nature!, Melody, op.10 for choir and harp, text: Charles Giugno, Lertande, Paris, 1898
  • Fleurs chéries, Melody op.11 for choir and harp Text: E. Delanchy, Paris, 1898
  • Pastorale for harp op.12 , Henry Lemoine & Cie ., Paris, 1895 OCLC 919732797
  • Chanson de la cavalière op.13 for choir and harp, text: Jacques Richepin, Hachette, Paris 1902
  • Clair de lune de Werther by Jules Massenet , arrangement for harp, Heugel, Paris, 1907 OCLC 919732797
  • Impression d'orient, souvenir de Thérapia , op.19 , character piece for harp, E. Costil, Paris, 1908
  • J'ai frissonné!
  • Oriental caprice

literature

  • Achard, Marguerite. In: Aaron I. Cohen: Encyclopedia of Women Composers , RR Bowker Company, New York / London, 1981 p. 3

Web links

Digital copies

  1. ↑ Priére op. 3 as digitized version at Gallica
  2. ↑ Abrégé. Premières leçons et principes de harpe, conformes à la méthode adoptée par le Conservatoire de Paris, Marguerite Achard, op.7 ... as a digital copy at Gallica

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Derriere la toile . In: Albert Barbieux (Ed.): Le Rappel . Paris February 15, 1893, p. 4 (French, bnf.fr ).
  2. ↑ Departments . In: Armand Tillet; J. Jacquin (Ed.): Chronique artistique: journal hebdomadaire illustré . Paris December 25, 1892, p. 61 (French, bnf.fr ).
  3. ↑ Rouen . In: Maurice Kufferath; Hugues Imbert (Ed.): Le guide musical . tape XLIII . Schott, Brussels / Paris June 6, 1897, p. 424 (French, archive.org [accessed June 26, 2019]).
  4. ^ Paris et départements . In: Le Ménestrel . Paris July 10, 1898, p. 223 (French, archive.org [accessed June 26, 2019]).
  5. ^ Soirées et auditions . In: Paris musical et dramatique: organs des nouvelles artistiques et de l'enseignement . tape 2 , no. 5 . Paris May 1905, p. 8 (French, bnf.fr ).
  6. ↑ Echos et Nouvelles . In: Paris musical et dramatique: organs des nouvelles artistiques et de l'enseignement . tape 2 , no. 6 . Paris May 1905, p. 4 (French, bnf.fr ).
  7. ^ Concerts - Ce Soir . In: Gérault-Richard (Ed.): Messidor: informations du monde entier . Paris June 1, 1907, p. 3 (French, bnf.fr ).
  8. ^ Concerts et Auditions . In: Paris musical et dramatique: organs des nouvelles artistiques et de l'enseignement . Paris February 1908, p. 7 (French, bnf.fr ).
  9. ↑ Echos et Nouvelles . In: Paris musical et dramatique: organe des nouvelles artistiques et de l'enseignement (ed.): Paris musical et dramatique . Paris February 1908, p. 4 (French, bnf.fr ).
  10. ↑ Cours de Harpe et Lemons particulières . In: Paris musical et dramatique: organs des nouvelles artistiques et de l'enseignement . Paris February 1908, p. 8 (French, bnf.fr ).
personal data
SURNAME Achard, Marguerite
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Achard Prothin, Marguerite Eugénie Rosalie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French harpist, music teacher and composer
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH March 1, 1963
Place of death Montereau-Fault-Yonne , France