Armande de Polignac, comtesse de Chabannes-La Palice (Marie Armande Mathilde; 8 January 1876 – 29 April 1962) was a French composer, the niece of

Prince Edmond de Polignac Prince Edmond Melchior Jean Marie de Polignac (19 April 18348 August 1901) was a French aristocrat and composer. Ancestry Edmond was a member of the Polignac family, one of the more illustrious families of France. His grandmother, the duchesse ...

and Princess Winnaretta de Polignac, the patron of

Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism in music, Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composer ...

Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (6 April 1971) was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor, later of French (from 1934) and American (from 1945) citizenship. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential 20th-century clas ...

and

Milhaud Darius Milhaud (; 4 September 1892 – 22 June 1974) was a French composer, conductor, and teacher. He was a member of Les Six—also known as ''The Group of Six''—and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century. His compositions ...

. She studied privately with

Eugène Gigout Eugène Gigout (; 23 March 1844 – 9 December 1925) was a French organist and a composer, mostly of music for his own instrument. Biography Gigout was born in Nancy, and died in Paris. A pupil of Camille Saint-Saëns, he served as the organi ...

and

Gabriel Fauré Gabriel Urbain Fauré (; 12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers ...

, as well as 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 Polignac married the Comte de Chabanne la Palice.

Works

Selected works include: *''La Petite Sirène'', Opera (libretto: Henry Gaulthier-Villars) *''La flûte de jade'' song cycle *''Chant d'amour'' (in La flûte de jade) (Text: Franz Toussaint after Chen-Teuo-Tsan) *''Ki-Fong'' (in La flûte de jade) (Text: Franz Toussaint after Tschang-So-Su) *''Ki-Fong'' (in La flûte de jade) (Text: after Franz Toussaint) ENG FRE *''La rose rouge'' (in La flûte de jade) (Text: Franz Toussaint after Li-Tai-Po) *''Le heron blanc'' (in La flûte de jade) (Text: Franz Toussaint after Li-Tai-Po) *''Le palais ruiné'' (in La flûte de jade) (Text: Franz Toussaint after Tu Fu) *''Li-Si'' (in La flûte de jade) (Text: Franz Toussaint after Li-Tai-Po) *''Li-Si'' (in La flûte de jade) (Text: after Franz Toussaint) *''Ngo Gay Ngy'' (in La flûte de jade) (Text: Franz Toussaint after Wou-Hao) *''Ngo Gay Ngy ''(in La flûte de jade) (Text: after Franz Toussaint) *''Sonate pour violon et piano'' *''La Source Lointaine'', ballet *''Valse''

References

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