法国钢琴家：Marguerite Long(13 November 1874 – 13 February 1966)

 

Marguerite Long plays Fauré Nocturne no 4 in Es

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
Nocturne opus 36 in E flat
Marguerite Long (1874-1966), piano
Recorded in 1937

(Interesting book about M. Long by Cecilia Dunoyer - it explains Long's friendship with Fauré and how it was troubled by another Marguerite (Marguerite Hasselmans):http://books.google.nl/books?id=7bAWQ... )

Marguerite Long
Born in Nîmes in 1874, Marguerite Long began her pianist career at the age of seventeen, then went on to become a teacher in the Conservatoire de Paris in 1926.
She devoted her whole life to her career as a performer and to finding new talent. She was a teacher in the Ecole Normale de Musique from 1921 onwards.

Friend of Debussy, she also championed the music of Fauré who dedicated his Fourth Impromptu to her. With Ravel she shared in the glory of the Concerto in G in 1932.

In 1943, after having taught in the Academy for thirty-four years, she called on her friend Jacques Thibaud to create the contest which is named after them. Her students included Samson François, Yvonne Lefébure, Jacques Février and Nicole Henriot, etc.

Until her death in 1966, Marguerite Long devoted herself completely to the contest which she had founded.

Bibliography

• Dunoyer, Cecilia, Marguerite Long: a Life in French Music, 1874–1966, 1993) (with discography)
• Long, Marguerite, Au piano avec Claude Debussy, 1960 (Eng. 1972)
• —, Le Piano, 1959
• —, La Petite Méthode de piano, 1963
• —, Au piano avec Gabriel Fauré, 1963 (Eng. 1980)
• Long, Marguerite and with Pierre Laumonier, Au piano avec Ravel, 1971 (Eng. 1973)
• Weill, Janine, Marguerite Long: une vie fascinante, 1969[[Category{Music educators]]

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