Alice Ellen Lauentine Charbonnet (12 October 1858, Cincinnati, Ohio – 1 June 1914, Paris, France) was an Australian composer of romantic and

classical music Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions. It is sometimes distinguished as Western classical music, as the term "classical music" also ...

. Her father was a French judge, and her formative years were spent in a variety of countries. She married violinist Frederick William Kellermann; their daughter

Annette Kellermann Annette Marie Sarah Kellermann (6 July 1887 – 6 November 1975) was an Australian professional swimmer, vaudeville star, film actress, and writer. Kellermann was one of the first women to wear a one-piece bathing costume, instead of the then ...

was a long-distance swimmer, vaudeville entertainer, film actress, and educator. Alice and Frederick established a music school in

Phillip Street Phillip Street is a street in the central business district of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. While the street runs from King Street in the south to Circular Quay in the north, the present street is effectively in two sections, sepa ...

, Sydney, and Alice became a distinguished figure on Sydney's concert scene. She gave many afternoon recitals at gatherings at Phillip Street and at her home in Potts Point, and appeared in many larger concerts. After moving to Melbourne in 1901 without her husband, Alice became a music teacher at Simpson's School, Mentone, where she commanded a high fees because of her experience and the high results she obtained with students. In 1907 she retired to Paris, but continued giving concerts. Her piano students included Dame

Nellie Melba Dame Nellie Melba (born Helen Porter Mitchell; 19 May 186123 February 1931) was an Australian operatic dramatic coloratura soprano (three octaves). She became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian era and the early 20th century, ...

, composer Lydia Larner and

May Summerbelle Annie May Constance Summerbelle (1867 – 1947) was an Australian composer of light classical and popular music. She was the third daughter of Captain William and Honoriah Summerbelle of Double Bay. Her sister, Stella Clare, married Francis Jo ...

Works

* 1892 Saltarella in A minor * 1898 Le train du diable, galop de concert * Ye Olde English Dances * Tarantella * Mappari * Brise de mer * Remembrance, song * Danse Mexicaine * Ave Maria, for solo voice, violin and piano or organ"Ave Maria"
score, via Trove

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Charbonnet, Alice 1858 births 1914 deaths 19th-century classical composers American emigrants to the British Empire Immigrants to colonial Australia Australian women classical composers Australian women composers Australian composers 19th-century women composers American people of French descent Australian people of French descent Musicians from the British Empire Colony of New South Wales people

Works

References

Further reading

External links