Pauline Duchambge

Pauline Duchambge

Pauline Duchambge née de Montet (1778 – 23 April 1858) was a French pianist and composer. Duchambdge (Montet) was born in Martinique, West Indies and was the daughter of a noble family. She was taken to Paris, where she received a convent education and studied the piano from composer and author Jean Baptiste Desormery son of the famous comic opera actor and composer Léopold-Bastien Desormery. She left the convent in 1792 and married the Baron Duchambge in 1796. In 1798 at the age of 20, she lost both her parents [1] and with them the family fortune. Soon afterwards she was later divorced. It was after these events that Duchamge musical education began in earnest. She studied church music with Jan Dussek, Luigi Cherubini and D.F.E Auber. In 1815, Duchambge met the french poet and novelist, Marceline Desbordes-Valmore beginning a life long friendship and collaboration. Their friendship is documented by a lengthy correspondence and a number of songs by Duchambge on Debordes-Valmore’s texts including L’adeiu tout bas, La fiancée del marin, Je pense à lui, La jeune Châtelaine, Rêve du mousse, La sincère and La valse et l’automne. Duchambge also composed music to texts and romances of other female authors such as Mme Amble Tastu and Mme Emile De Girardin.[2]

Works

Selected works include:

Her works have been recorded and issued on CD, including:

References

  1. Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994-01-01). The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393034875.
  2. Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994-01-01). The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393034875.


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