Gabrielle Ferrari
Illustration — Gabrielle Ferrari Gabrielle Ferrari (14 September 1851 – 4 July 1921) was a French pianist and composer noted for opera. Born Gabrielle Colombari, she was born and died in Paris and studied with Charles Gounod and Théodore Dubois. Her opera Le Cobzar premiered in Monte Carlo.
Gabrielle Ferrari
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- Full name
- Marie Valentine Gabrielle Sinébaldine Colombari.
- Born
- 1851. · former 11th arrondissement of Paris.
- Died
- 1921. · 16th arrondissement of Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- composer, music educator and pianist.
- Fields
- opera.
- Movements
- classical music.
- Teachers
- Charles Gounod and Théodore Dubois.
- Languages
- French.
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She married François Ferrari with whom she had four daughters.
• Illustration — Title page of Le Cobzar Ferrari composed operas and songs, writing her own text, and also for orchestral and piano performance. Selected works include: • Le dernier amour, (1895) opera • Le Tartare, (1906) opera • Libretto by Elena Văcărescu (Hélène Vacaresco) • Libretto by Paul Berlier • Le Cobzar, (1909) opera • Libretto by Elena Văcărescu (Hélène Vacaresco) and Paul Milliet • Feuilles d'album, Op. 76 • Feuille morte • Menuet • Nirvana • Fantasie Symphonique • Jeanne d'Arc
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Gabrielle Ferrari lived from 14 September 1851 to 4 July 1921 and is documented in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Gabrielle Ferrari was born on 14 September 1851 in Paris and died on 4 July 1921 in Paris.
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former 11th arrondissement of Paris.
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16th arrondissement of Paris.
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- 1.Archives de Paris Acte de décès , vue 1 / 31.
- 2.Archives de Paris Acte de naissance reconstitué, vue 44 / 51
- 3.Les femmes compositeurs de musique. Dictionnaire biographique. Paris, P. Rosier. 1910.
- 4.Elson, Arthur. Famous Women in Musical History. 1909-07.
- 5.The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. 1994.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Dictionnaire biographique des musiciens.
- Les femmes compositeurs de musique. Dictionnaire biographique. Paris, P. Rosier. 1910.
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