Marie-Aimée Roger-Miclos

Marie-Aimée Roger-Miclos (May 1, 1860 – May 19, 1951[1]) was a French pianist. Born in Toulouse, she studied first there and then at the Paris conservatory, where she would one day teach. Several composers dedicated compositions to her, and she toured Europe and North America and produced recordings at the turn of the 20th century.

Marie-Aimée Roger-Miclos
Marie-Aimée Roger-Miclos by Léopold-Émile Reutlinger in 1902
Marie-Aimée Roger-Miclos by Léopold-Émile Reutlinger in 1902
BornMay 1, 1860
Toulouse, France
DiedMay 19, 1951(1951-05-19) (aged 91)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Other namesAimée-Marie Roger-Miclos, Maria Roger-Miclos, Mme. Roger-Miclos-Battaille
Occupationpianist
Years active1880s–1920s
Marie-Aimée Roger-Miclos, from a 1903 publication.

Early life

Marie-Aimée Miclos was born in Toulouse.[2][3] She studied at the Conservatoire de Toulouse and the Conservatoire de Paris, with Louise Aglaé Massart and with Henri Herz.[4]

Career

Several composers dedicated compositions to Roger-Miclos.[5] Joseph O'Kelly dedicated a piano work to Roger-Miclos in 1884.[6] Camille Saint-Saëns dedicated his Africa fantasia to Roger-Miclos, which she premiered in 1891 to great acclaim.[7]

Roger-Miclos played in London in 1890[8] and 1894.[9] She toured German-speaking cities in 1893, 1894, and 1897.[2] She toured in the United States and Canada in the 1902–1903 season.[10][11] "She comes from Southern France, the land of fire and passion, and is an artist of interesting and unconventional qualities, possessing a strongly marked sense of rhythm, brilliant and incisive touch, and her playing is marked with certainty, that adds tonal charm to brilliancy," observed one reviewer, adding "As a pianiste she is an artistic diplomat."[12] In 1905, she made recordings of Mendelssohn and Chopin works.[13][14]

She also taught piano, at the Paris Conservatoire.[15] American painter George Da Maduro Peixotto made a portrait of her in 1893. She was also the subject of a medal made by French artist Geneviève Granger, exhibited in 1909.[16]

Personal life

Marie-Aimée Roger-Miclos married twice. Her first husband, Roger, was a railroad inspector; they married in 1881, and he died in 1887.[3] Her second husband was fellow musician Louis-Charles Battaille, the son of Charles-Amable Battaille; they married in 1905, and he died in 1937. She died in Paris in 1951, aged 91 years.[2][17]

References
  1. Acte de décès n° 1037 (vue 15/31). Archives en ligne de la Ville de Paris, état-civil du 16ème arrondissement, registre des décès de 1951.
  2. Marie Roger-Miclos, Sophie Drinker Institut.
  3. Hugues Imbert, "Mme. Roger-Miclos" Guide musical (February 25, 1894): 196–198.
  4. David Dubal, The Art of the Piano: Its Performers, Literature, and Recordings (Hal Leonard Corporation 2004): 294–295. ISBN 9781574670882
  5. "Category:Roger-Miclos, Marie" IMSLP Petrucci Music Library.
  6. Axel Klein, O'Kelly: An Irish Musical Family in Nineteenth-Century France (Axel Klein 2014): 59, 420. ISBN 9783735723109
  7. Sabina Teller Ratner, Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835–1921: A Thematic Catalogue of His Complete Works (Oxford University Press 2002): 393–394. ISBN 9780198163206
  8. "Recent Concerts" The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, and Art (June 14, 1890): 738.
  9. "Pianoforte Recitals" The Musical Times (June 1, 1894): 391–392.
  10. "Music and Musicians" The Theatre (March 1903): 77–78.
  11. David Converse, "The World of To-Day" Boston Home Journal (January 3, 1902): 6.
  12. "Chicago Grand Opera Season" The Muse (April 1903): 209.
  13. Charles Timbrell, French Pianism: A Historical Perspective (Hal Leonard Corporation 1999): 60–61. ISBN 9781574670455
  14. Frank Hoffmann, ed., Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound (Routledge 2004): 1638. ISBN 9781135949501
  15. "The Most Difficult Piano Piece" Current Literature (September 1895): 226.
  16. Leonard Forrer, ed., Biographical dictionary of medallists (Baldwin 1923): 391.
  17. Charles Battaille, Artlyriquefr.
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