Louise Héritte-Viardot
Louise Pauline Marie Héritte-Viardot (14 December 1841 – 17 January 1918) was a French singer (contralto), pianist, conductor and composer. She was born in Paris, the eldest child of Pauline Viardot-Garcia and Louis Viardot, niece of Maria Malibran and sister to composer and conductor Paul Viardot. In 1863 Viardot married Ernest Héritte, Honorary Consul and Chancellor of the Embassy of France in Bern.
Also recorded as Louise Pauline Viardot García · Louise Heritte-Viardot · Louise Pauline Viardot Garcia
Louise Héritte-Viardot
Inconnu(e) · Une famille de grands musiciens. Mémoires de Louise Héritte-Viardot · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Born
- 1841 · Paris.
- Died
- 1918 · Heidelberg.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- composer · singer · pianist · dancer · musician · voice teacher
- Fields
- opera
- Movements
- classical music
- Languages
- French
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Louise Pauline Marie Héritte-Viardot (14 December 1841 – 17 January 1918) was a French singer (contralto), pianist, conductor and composer. She was born in Paris, the eldest child of Pauline Viardot-Garcia and Louis Viardot, niece of Maria Malibran and sister to composer and conductor Paul Viardot. In 1863 Viardot married Ernest Héritte, Honorary Consul and Chancellor of the Embassy of France in Bern.
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Her performing career was ended by illness, and with the help of Clara Schumann, she found a teaching position as a singing teacher at the Hoch Conservatory. She died in Heidelberg.
Héritte-Viardot composed mostly chamber music pieces and orchestral works and symphonies, many of which are lost. Selected works include: • Arme kleine Liebe (in Drei Lieder) (Text: Anna Ritter) • Der Schmied, op. 8 no. 5 (Text: Johann Ludwig Uhland) • Erlösung (Text: Anna Ritter) • Saphiren sind die Augen dein (in 6 Lieder) (Text: Heinrich Heine) • Sehnsucht (Text: Anna Ritter) • Sérénade (Text: Jules Bertrand) • Tag und Nacht (in Drei Lieder) (Text: Gustav Renner) • Unter'm Machendelbaum (in Drei Lieder) (Text: Ernst von Wildenbruch) • Sonata for cello and piano in G Minor, Opus 40 (1909) • Die Bajadere, cantata for chorus and orchestra • Wonne des Himmels, cantata for soloists, chorus and orchestra • Das Bacchusfest, cantata for chorus and orchestra (1880) • Lindoro, comic opera in one act (1879) • Quartet for piano and strings, No. 1 in A Major, Opus 9, Im Sommer, 1883; • Quartet for piano and strings, No. 2 in D major, Op 11, Spanish Quartet, 1883 • Quartet for piano and strings, No. 3, 1879 Her works have been recorded and issued on CD, including: • Héritte-Viardot: Piano Quartets Viardot En
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1841
Louise Héritte-Viardot born at Paris.
1918
Louise Héritte-Viardot died at Heidelberg.
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