Anne Terrier Laffaille (22 July 1904 – 22 December 1971) was a French composer and founding member of Groupe Melos.
Terrier Laffaille was born in
Laval
Laval means ''The Valley'' in old French and is the name of:
People
* House of Laval, a French noble family originating from the town of Laval, Mayenne
* Laval (surname)
Places Belgium
* Laval, a village in the municipality of Sainte-Ode, Luxem ...
. She studied music with
Vincent d'Indy
Paul Marie Théodore Vincent d'Indy (; 27 March 18512 December 1931) was a French composer and teacher. His influence as a teacher, in particular, was considerable. He was a co-founder of the Schola Cantorum de Paris and also taught at the Par ...
at the
Schola Cantorum de Paris
The Schola Cantorum de Paris is a private conservatory in Paris. It was founded in 1894 by Charles Bordes, Alexandre Guilmant and Vincent d'Indy as a counterbalance to the Paris Conservatoire's emphasis on opera.
History
La Schola was founded i ...
.
In 1950, Terrier Laffaille joined
Robert Caby
Robert Caby (Venette, March 25, 1905 - Paris, October 3, 1992) was a French composer and writer. Caby was engaged in writing art critics and political articles, arranging concerts, creating surrealistic drawings and dealing with rare books and p ...
and Marcel Despard to form Groupe Melos. The group adopted
Erik Satie
Eric Alfred Leslie Satie (, ; ; 17 May 18661 July 1925), who signed his name Erik Satie after 1884, was a French composer and pianist. He was the son of a French father and a British mother. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire, but was an und ...
's motto "our music is guaranteed playable." Its manifesto stated "enough intellectual esthetics, enough scholarly
edanticism down with modern music, down with music for technique's sake, long live music for the people!"
Supported by composers
Francis Poulenc
Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (; 7 January 189930 January 1963) was a French composer and pianist. His compositions include songs, solo piano works, chamber music, choral pieces, operas, ballets, and orchestral concert music. Among the best-kno ...
and
Henri Sauguet
Henri-Pierre Sauguet-Poupard (18 May 1901 – 22 June 1989) was a French composer.
Born in Bordeaux, he adopted his mother's maiden name as part of his professional pseudonym. His output includes operas, ballets, four symphonies (1945, 1949, ...
, Groupe Melos presented one concert, then faded away.
Terrier Laffaille's music was published by
Charles Mayol,
Éditions Alphonse Leduc
The Éditions Alphonse Leduc company is a prominent French music publishing house specializing in classical music. It was created in Paris in 1841. Since January 2014, Leduc is part of the Wise Music Group (formerly the Music Sales Group).
His ...
, and Gauthier. Her compositions include:
Orchestra
*Prelude pour la Mort de la Terre
Piano
*''Derniers Murmures du Soir''
*''Et Comment (''polka-march'')''
*''Italie en Deuil''
*''Marche des Insoouciants''
*''Menuet Bleu''
*''Mogador (''march)
*''Sonata''
Vocal
*"C'est la Femme"
*"Ca r'vient Cher"
*"Comprendre"
*"Convoi"
*"Filial Amour"
*"Je suis Marcheuse"
*"Ou Donc Tu Vas?"
*"Tres Content!"
References
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French women composers
1904 births
1971 deaths