Charlotte Tardieu

Marie Charlotte Elisabeth d'Arpentigny de Malleville Tardieu[1] (9 September 1829 – May 1890) was a French[2] composer,[3] concert pianist,[4] and teacher[5] who organized chamber recitals throughout Europe.[6] She composed and performed under the names Charlotte de Malleville or Charlotte Tardieu.

Early life and career

Tardieu was born in Roncherolles (today Roncherolles sur le Vivier). She studied music in Rouen with Jean-Amédée le Froid de Méreaux.[7] On March 1, 1853, she married Amédée Eugène Tardieu.[6] They had two sons, André and Jacques, and settled in Paris. André's son, also named André Tardieu, would become the prime minister of France in 1929.[8]

Tardieu presented piano recitals throughout Europe, and performed as the soloist in piano concerti by Mozart and Beethoven. She appeared with other musicians such as flutist Vincent Dorus, clarinetist Adolphe Leroy, the Maurin Chevillard string quartet, Jean Méreaux, Camille Saint-Saëns, violinist Pablo de Sarasate, oboist Charles Louis Triebert, cellist Olive Charlier Vaslin, and oboist Louis Verroust. Well-known for her interpretation of Mozart, Tardieu specialized in older music[9] and rarely performing music by contemporary composers other than herself. In 1864, she formed a trio with cellist Alfredo Piatti and violinist Camille Sivori. Georges Onslow dedicated his Septet for Piano and Wind Instruments, Op. 79 to her.[10][6]

From 1849 to 1869, Tardieu organized four chamber concerts a year in the Pleyel and Erard concert halls in Paris, and the Sax concert hall in the Egmont Palace in Belgium.[11] She formed at least one class to study classical piano repertoire with performers Casimir, Dorus, Gouffe, Lebouc, Maurin, and Ney.[6]

Tardieu's music was published by Henry Lemoine.[12] Her compositions, all for piano,[13] included:

  • Berceuse, opus 7[14]
  • Carillon, opus 6[14]
  • First Prelude, opus 4[14]
  • Grande Valse Brillante, opus 3[14]
  • Second Prelude, opus 5[14]
  • Souvenirs de Trye-Château (Polka-March)[12]

References
  1. Tardieu, Charlotte de Malleville. "ancestry.com". Archived from the original on 1999-11-27. Retrieved 18 Aug 2021.
  2. Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.
  3. Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980). Women composers : a checklist of works for the solo voice. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall. ISBN 0-8161-8498-4. OCLC 6815939.
  4. Elson, Arthur (2019-09-25). Woman ́s Work in Music. BoD – Books on Demand. ISBN 978-3-7340-6084-7.
  5. Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
  6. "Tardieu de Malleville, Charlotte – Sophie Drinker Institut". www.sophie-drinker-institut.de. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  7. "Amédée Lefroid de Méreaux". www.musimem.com. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  8. Fuchs, Tim (2002-01-01). "The Tardieu moment: André Tardieu's failure as Prime Minister of France, 1929–1930". LSU Master's Theses. doi:10.31390/gradschool_theses.634. S2CID 158528561.
  9. Pasler, Jann (2021-07-13). Camille Saint-Saëns and His World. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-4510-1.
  10. Ellis, Katharine (1997). "Female Pianists and Their Male Critics in Nineteenth-Century Paris". Journal of the American Musicological Society. 50 (2/3): 353–385. doi:10.2307/831838. hdl:1983/6041b5f6-f062-4e67-85a8-484204a3f45b. ISSN 0003-0139. JSTOR 831838.
  11. Ellis, Katharine (2007-05-31). Music Criticism in Nineteenth-Century France: La Revue Et Gazette Musicale de Paris 1834–80. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-03589-7.
  12. "De Malleville Charlotte Souvenirs de Trye-Château Piano ca1852". Partitions anciennes. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  13. Laurence, Anya (1978). Women of Notes: 1,000 Women Composers Born Before 1900. New York: Richards Rosen Press Inc. p. 63.
  14. Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

External links

  • Freia Hoffmann, Art. „Tardieu de Malleville, Charlotte“. In: Lexikon „Europäische Instrumentalistinnen des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts“, hrsg. von Freia Hoffmann, 2010.
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