Marie-Aimée Roger-Miclos (May 1, 1860 – May 19, 1951) was a French pianist.

Early life

Marie-Aimée Miclos was born in

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...

.Marie Roger-Miclos
Sophie Drinker Institut.Hugues Imbert
"Mme. Roger-Miclos"
''Guide musical'' (February 25, 1894): 196–198. She studied at the Conservatoire de Toulouse and the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

, with and with

Henri Herz Henri Herz (6 January 1803 – 5 January 1888) was a virtuoso pianist, composer and piano manufacturer, Austrian by birth and French by nationality and domicile. He was a professor in the Paris Conservatoire for more than thirty years. Among his ...

Career

Several composers dedicated compositions to Roger-Miclos.

Joseph O'Kelly Joseph O'Kelly (29 January 1828 – 9 January 1885), composer, pianist and choral conductor, was the most prominent member of a family of Irish musicians in 19th- and early 20th-century France. He wrote nine operas, four cantatas, numerous piano ...

dedicated a piano work to Roger-Miclos in 1884.

Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (; 9 October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic music, Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Piano C ...

dedicated a piano piece to Roger-Miclos, which she premiered in 1891. Roger-Miclos played in London in 1890 and 1894. She toured German-speaking cities in 1893, 1894, and 1897. She toured in the United States and Canada in the 1902–1903 season. "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." In 1905, she made recordings of Mendelssohn and Chopin works. She also taught piano, at the Paris Conservatoire. 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 , exhibited in 1909.

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. Her second husband was fellow musician Louis-Charles Battaille, the son of

Charles-Amable Battaille Charles-Amable Battaille (30 September 1822 – 2 May 1872) was a French operatic bass. Appreciated both for his voice and his acting skills, he premiered the main bass roles for the works represented at the Opéra-Comique between 1848 and 1857 ...

; they married in 1905, and he died in 1937. She died in Paris in 1951, aged 91 years.Charles Battaille
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roger-Miclos, Marie-Aimee 1860 births 1951 deaths 19th-century French women classical pianists 20th-century French women classical pianists Musicians from Toulouse Conservatoire de Paris alumni Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris