Germaine Arbeau-Bonnefoy (26 June 1893 in Paris – 7 January 1986 id.) was a French teacher of piano who founded the ''Évolution Musicale de la Jeunesse'' (EMJ) in July 1939, a Parisian association of concerts-educational conferences better known as and having actually operated between February 1941 and May 1986. She herself presented most of the concerts until 1977, seconded or replaced as from 1964 by

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, Jean-Pierre Armengaud and

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. Hosted in the first and last years in the old , the

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venues, the Maison de la Mutualité and the

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, the Musigrains were mostly associated to the

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from 1949 to 1978. Focused on classical music, the concerts made incursions into the fields of

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, classical or

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and

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. Germaine Arbeau-Bonnefoy was married to Pierre Arbeau-Barreau (Paris, 1897–Paris, 1979), a pianist and composer. They were close friends of Édouard Autant and Louise Lara, as well as

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Bibliography

* Laurent Herz, ''Les Musigrains, une institution pédagogique et musicale (1939-1986)'',''Les Musigrains, une institution pédagogique et musicale (1939-1986)''
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, Paris, 2013.

References

External links

Les Musigrains
on

France Musique France Musique is a French national public radio channel owned and operated by Radio France. It is devoted to the broadcasting of music, both live and recorded, with particular emphasis on European classical music, classical music and jazz. Hist ...

Les Musigrains
on theatrechampselysees.fr
''La vie musicale sous Vichy'' by Josette Alviset
on Google books
The Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, 1828-1967
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Germaine Arbeau-Bonnefoy
on data.bnf.fr {{DEFAULTSORT:Arbeau-Bonnefoy, Germaine French music educators French women music educators 1893 births 1986 deaths Musicians from Paris