Marylène Dosse is a French-born American classical

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Biography

Marylene Dosse was born in Domfront in

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, France - the only place in which her mother could find a hospital which had not been taken over by the invading German armed forces. She entered the Paris Conservatoire where she studied initially under Jean Batalla and took supplementary lessons in piano and chamber music with

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. Later she studied with Jeanne-Marie Darré, who took over Batalla's advanced piano class. In 1960 she won first prize at the Conservatoire. After winning prizes in competitions in

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and

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, she began on an extensive concert career. She also participated in master classes given by

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and

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. When Badura-Skoda was offered a position as artist-in-residence at the University of Wisconsin, he invited her to come as his assistant. She subsequently became artist-in-residence for a group of seven campuses of the University of Wisconsin, and married William R Peters, one of the deans of the university. She became a US citizen.

Repertoire and recordings

She was approached by George de Mendelssohn, the president of

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, and began an extensive series of recordings of French and Spanish piano works, including the complete solo piano works of Granados, which was Critics' Choice of the month in

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magazine, and Saint-Saëns as well as numerous neglected works for piano and orchestra. She is the pianist of the Castalia Trio, together with violinist James Lyon and cellist Kim Cook. She also appears in violin and piano duo recitals with the violinist Marianne Behrendt. Reviewing a 1979 recital,

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, the music critic of the

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described Dosse as "an outstanding musician with a structural and rhythmic grasp of music that one finds in the finest conductors. Dosse is also a superb pianist with technical and tonal resources to spare.""Dosse Threads A String Of Pearls" by Nancy Malitz, Cincinnati Enquirer; Monday, February 26, 1979

Academic career

Dosse has been a guest faculty member of

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and artist-in-residence at the

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. In 1986 she was appointed a distinguished Professor at the

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. In 1992 she was the only woman elected to the

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, and in 1999 the university awarded her the Faculty Medal for Outstanding achievement in the Arts and Humanities. She is now a professor emerita residing in

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. /

Recordings

Claude Debussy Achille Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionism in music, Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influe ...

: Fantaisie for piano and orchestra (with the Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg Louis de Froment, conductor) Candide CE31069 *

Charles Gounod Charles-François Gounod (; ; 17 June 181818 October 1893), usually known as Charles Gounod, was a French composer. He wrote twelve operas, of which the most popular has always been ''Faust (opera), Faust'' (1859); his ''Roméo et Juliette'' (18 ...

: Fantasy on the Russian Anthem (with the Westphalian Symphony Orchestra, Siegfried Landau, conductor) Candide QCE 31088 *

Enrique Granados Pantaleón Enrique Joaquín Granados Campiña (27 July 1867 – 24 March 1916), commonly known as Enrique Granados in Spanish or ''Enric Granados'' in Catalan, was a Spanish composer of classical music, and concert pianist from Cat ...

: Complete Piano Works, Vox Productions (6LP ; 4CD) *

Édouard Lalo Édouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo (27 January 182322 April 1892) was a French composer, violist, violinist, and academic teacher. His most celebrated piece is the '' Symphonie Espagnole'', a five-movement concerto for violin and orchestra that re ...

: Piano concerto (with the Stuttgart Philharmonic Matthias Kuntzsch, conductor) Candice QCE 31102 *

Jules Massenet Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet (; 12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912) was a French composer of the Romantic music, Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty. The two most frequently staged are ''Manon'' (1884 ...

Piano concerto A piano concerto, a type of concerto, is a solo composition in the classical music genre which is composed for piano accompanied by an orchestra or other large ensemble. Piano concertos are typically virtuosic showpieces which require an advance ...

(with the Westphalian Symphony Orchestra; Siegfried Landau, conductor) Candide QCE 31088 *

Felix Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic music, Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions inc ...

: Concerto for violin and piano (with

Susanne Lautenbacher Susanne Lautenbacher (19 April 1932 – 15 September 2020) was a German violinist. She studied violin with the Munich-based violin pedagogue Karl Freund (first violin of the Freund Quartet) and later with Henryk Szeryng. She was a prizewinner in t ...

, violin, and the

Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Württemberg ( ; ) is a historical German territory roughly corresponding to the cultural and linguistic region of Swabia. The main town of the region is Stuttgart. Together with Baden and Hohenzollern, two other historical territories, Württ ...

Jörg Faerber Jörg Faerber (18 June 1929 – 13 September 2022) was a German conductor. He founded the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn (WKO) in 1960 and was its artistic and managing director for over 40 years. He was known internationally, touring ...

, conductor) Turnabout QTV-S 34662 * Franz Xaver Mozart: Piano concerto op. 14 (with the Lübeck Orchestra ProMusica; Matthias Kuntzsch, conductor) Turnabout QTV 34686 *

Gabriel Pierné Henri Constant Gabriel Pierné (16 August 1863 – 17 July 1937) was a French composer, conductor, pianist and organist. Biography Gabriel Pierné was born in Metz. His family moved to Paris, after Metz and part of Lorraine were annexed to Germ ...

: Piano concerto (with the Stuttgart Philharmonic Matthias Kuntzsch, conductor) Candice QCE 31102 *

Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (, , 9October 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 ...

: Complete Solo Piano Works. 5 CD Vox 2003 * Camille Saint-Saëns: "Africa" for piano and orchestra (with the Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg Louis de Froment, conductor) Candide QCE 31088 Piano duo recordings *

Emmanuel Chabrier Alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier (; 18 January 184113 September 1894) was a French Romantic music, Romantic composer and pianist. His Bourgeoisie, bourgeois family did not approve of a musical career for him, and he studied law in Paris and then worked ...

: Three romantic Waltzes for two pianos (with

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). Turnabout TV-S 34586 *

Norman Dello Joio Norman Dello Joio (January 24, 1913July 24, 2008) was an American composer active for over half a century. Best known for his choral music, he won a Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1957. Life Dello Joio was born in New York City to Italian im ...

: Complete music for piano duo (with Debra Tork). Albany Records. Troy 468 *

: ''

The Carnival of the Animals ''The Carnival of the Animals'' () is a humorous musical suite of 14 movements, including " The Swan", by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns. About 25 minutes in duration, it was written for private performance by two pianos and chambe ...

'' (with Annie Petit). Turnabout TV-S 34586 *

Déodat de Séverac Marie-Joseph Alexandre Déodat de Séverac (; 20 July 1872 – 24 March 1921) was a French composer. Life Séverac was born in Saint-Félix-Lauragais, Saint-Félix-de-Caraman, Haute-Garonne. He descended from a noble family, profoundly influen ...

: "The Tin Soldier" for four hands (with Annie Petit). Turnabout TV-S 34586 * French music for piano duo. Works by Bizet, Chabrier, Fauré, Lalo, d'Indy, Massenet, Caplet, Ravel, Debussy, Satie, Schmitt, Séverac and Poulenc (with Annie Petit) 2 volumes: Vol 1 Pantheon D10699, Vol 2 Pantheon D23677. Chamber music *

Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (; ; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period (music), Romantic period. His music is noted for its rhythmic vitality and freer treatment of dissonance, oft ...

: Piano trio in B major (with the Castalia Trio). SKVRNA SA0046 2131 *

Louise Farrenc Louise Farrenc (; 31 May 1804 – 15 September 1875) was a French composer, virtuoso pianist and teacher of the Romantic music, Romantic period. Her compositions include three symphonies, a few choral works, numerous chamber music, chamber piec ...

: Sonata, Op. 39 *

Maurice 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 ...

Piano trio (with the Castalia Trio). SKVRNA SA0046 2131 *

Pauline Viardot Pauline Viardot (; 18 July 1821 – 18 May 1910) was a French dramatic mezzo-soprano, composer and pedagogue of Spanish descent. Born Michelle Ferdinande Pauline García,FitzLyon, p. 15, referring to the baptismal name. Thbirth recorddigitized a ...

: Six Pieces, Sonatine in A minor

Sources

* Timbrell, Charles. French Pianism: A Historical Perspective. Amadeus Press; 2 edition (March 1, 2003). ;

References

External links

Marylene Dosse's Website
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