Simone Plé-Caussade

Simone-Marie Plé-Caussade (14 August 1897,

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– 6 August 1986,

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) was a French music pedagogue, composer and pianist. She wrote mainly works for solo

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and

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in addition to choral works, songs,

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, and

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. She notably published two volumes of piano music for children. Plé-Caussade was married to composer Georges Caussade, 24 years her senior, who had been one of her teachers at the

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. Her other professors at the conservatoire included

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and Henri Dallier. She succeeded her husband as professor of

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at the Paris Conservatoire in 1928. Her notable students included Gilbert Amy, Marc Bleuse, Antoine Bouchard, Herbert de Castro, Monic Cecconi-Botella, Pierre Gabaye, Betsy Jolas,

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, Jean-Etienne Marie, Bruce Mather, Serge Nigg, Tolia Nikiprowetzky, Jean-Louis Petit, Makoto Shinohara, Georges-Émile Tanguay, and Serge Gut. {{DEFAULTSORT:Plecaussade, Simone 1897 births 1986 deaths 20th-century French composers 20th-century French women composers 20th-century French women classical pianists 20th-century French classical pianists French music educators Composers from Paris Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris Conservatoire de Paris alumni French women music educators