When it is not simply pauline viardot, it most commonly appears in association with her maiden name garcia or the unaccented form, garcia. Jenny lind studied singing under chopin, while pauline viardot made arrangements of some of. Pauline viardot, french mezzosoprano, best known for highly dramatic operatic roles. Pauline viardot biography wikipedia pauline viardot 18 july 1821 18 may 1910 was a leading nineteenthcentury french mezzosoprano, pedagogue, and composer of spanish descent. Pauline viardot biography, albums, streaming links. Icons of europes research concludes that chopin played a major role in the 15year old pauline garcias transformation from a budding concert pianist in 1836 to an international mezzo soprano in 1839 paris and nohant 18411842. Pauline viardot simple english wikipedia, the free. She was the sister of maria malibran, the celebrated soprano, and of the great voice teacher manuel. Pauline viardot 18 july 1821 18 may 1910 was a 19century french mezzosoprano of spanish descent. She was instrumental in getting camille saintsaenss samson and delilah composed and staged.
Pauline viardot the star performer and illustrious french opera diva inspires our line of products. Pauline viardot 18211910 was one of the most extraordinary women in the history of music. In addition, i tried as much as possible to zero in on recordings by singers whose voices came close to the verbal descriptions of viardots own voice in order to get, as the academics would. Erinnerungen an pauline viardot metadata this file contains additional information such as exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to. Alongside her activities as a singer, she was also a. Ever since the musical works of pauline viardot garcia first appeared as a brochure in 2001, certain limitations then acknowledged have been hovering in the background. Hai luli pauline viardot sheet music for piano, voice.
Welcome to hyperion records, an independent british classical label devoted to presenting highquality recordings of music of all styles and from all periods from the twelfth century to the twentyfirst. Despite this, she is one of the most fascinating, versatile and original musicians of the nineteenth century. She was hailed as a opera singer par excellence, as well as a composer of no small talent. Scheffer was a confidant of pauline viardot in this questions. Pauline viardot 18211910 is one of those artists whose name and compositions were forgotten after her death. The literature portrays viardot as one who took a complete artistic. Havanaise, for voice and piano play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical music site on the web. After having discovered the marvelous german songs of pauline viardotgarcia in the album by miriam alexandra, i decided to explore further some of the various other recordings of her music available. In 1874, viardot was paralyzed by a stroke and remained housebound until his death in 1883. Pauline viardotgarcia havanaise translation in spanish.
One of the most celebrated singers of the nineteenth century, pauline viardot was a favorite meyerbeer heroine, was involved with berlioz in the gluck revival, inspired characters in the novels of george. So why has pianist, singer and composer pauline viardot become a mere musical footnote, asks erica jeal erica jeal thu 23 feb 2006 19. Pauline viardot knew chopin, george sand and jenny lind. Scheffer was a confidant of pauline viardot and a friend of viardot family all his life.
Ever since the musical works of pauline viardotgarcia first appeared as a brochure in 2001, certain limitations then acknowledged had been hovering in the background. Getting into the heart of pauline viardot the art music. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Potessi diventare, vwv 1107 chanson melancolique, vwv 1108 havanaise variee a 2 voix.
As a child viardot studied piano with franz liszt, composition with anton reicha, and voice with her mother. One of the most celebrated singers of the nineteenth century, pauline viardot was a favorite meyerbeer heroine, was involved with berlioz in the gluck revival, inspired characters in the novels of george sand and ivan turgenev, became an influential voice teacher, and. Pauline viardot was a leading nineteenthcentury french mezzosoprano, pedagogue, and composer of spanish descent. Transposition une tierce plus bas hai luli pauline viardot sheet music for piano, voice download free in pdf or midi. Pauline viardotgarcia was more than just the greatest diva of the 19th century. The years of fame 18361863 second edition, by barbara kendalldavies this book first published 20 cambridge scholars publishing 12 back chapman street, newcastle upon tyne, ne6 2xx, uk british library cataloguing in publication data. Some were partially addressed in the revised and enlarged second print edition 2004, but others still remained. But marias sudden death forced the 15yearold pauline into the limelight, with astonishing results.
Born into a celebrated family of spanish performers, pauline garcia viardot was initially lost in the shadow of her beautiful and talented sister, maria. Guitar and voice level 3 digital download composed by pauline viardot 18211910. Some were partially addressed in the revised and enlarged second print edition 2004, but others endured. Mother of louise heritte viardot 18411918, marianne viardot 18541919 and paul viardot 18571941. Use of birth, married and double names in the introductory texts and categories of the vwv, the standardised name used for the composer is pauline viardot, the married name she predominantly utilised after marrying.
Erica jeal on pianist, singer and composer pauline viardot. Pauline viardotgarcia to julius rietz letters of friendship continued is an article from the musical quarterly, volume 1. The years of grace, volume 2, 18631910 barbara kendalldavies on. Wordforword translations and ipa transcriptions of songs and arias in latin, italian, german, and french in pdf format. Pauline viardot labsence the absence the art song project. Her elder brother was the renowned singing teacher manuel patricio garcia. Viardot, pauline 18211910 composer hyperion records. Pauline viardot garcia, a french born singer and composer of spanish descent, was a leading figure in late19th century musical life throughout europe. Pauline viardotgarcia, mezzosoprano, composer and singing teacher, was born in paris on 18 july 1821 and died there on 18 may 1910. One of the most celebrated singers of the nineteenth century, pauline viardot was a favorite meyerbeer heroine, was involved with berlioz in the gluck revival, inspired characters in the novels of george sand and ivan turgenev, became an influential voice teacher, and composed many songs and operas of her own.
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