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

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

and

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in addition to choral works, songs,

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, and sacred music. She notably published two volumes of piano music for children. Plé-Caussade was married to composer

Georges Caussade Georges Paul Alphonse Emilien Caussade (20 November 1873 – 5 August 1936) was a French composer, music theorist, and music educator. Biography Born in Port Louis, Mauritius, he joined the faculty of the Conservatoire de Paris in 1905 as a teac ...

, 24 years her senior, who had been one of her teachers at the

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. Her other professors at the conservatoire included

Alfred Cortot Alfred Denis Cortot (; 26 September 187715 June 1962) was a French pianist, conductor, and teacher who was one of the most renowned classical musicians of the 20th century. A pianist of massive repertory, he was especially valued for his poeti ...

and

Henri Dallier Henri Édouard Dallier (20 March 1849 – 21 December 1934) was a French organist. Career Born in Reims, Dallier studied organ with César Franck at the Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conserv ...

. 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 Marc Bleuse (born 23 February 1937 in Niort) is a French musician, composer and conductor. Biography Bleuse's mother was a piano player who performed a great deal of chamber music. Her being in the music industry motivated Bleuse to develop ...

, Antoine Bouchard, Herbert de Castro,

Monic Cecconi-Botella Monic Gabrielle Cecconi-Botella (born 30 September 1936) is a French pianist, music educator and composer. Life She was born in Courbevoie and studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Maurice Duruflé, Jean Rivier and Henri Dutilleux. After compl ...

Pierre Gabaye Pierre Gabaye (February 20, 1930 - November 1, 2019) was a French composer. His musical education began at age seven on piano, which led him to pursue a career as a pianist and composer in both the classical and jazz spheres. He studied piano wit ...

Betsy Jolas Elizabeth Jolas (born 5 August 1926) is a Franco-American composer. Biography Jolas was born in Paris in 1926. Her mother, the American translator Maria McDonald, was a singer. Her father, the poet and journalist Eugene Jolas, founded and edited ...

Noël Lancien Noël Lancien (24 December 1934 – 23 July 1999) was a French composer, conductor and music educator, first Grand Prix de Rome in 1958. Life Born in Paris, spotted very early for his musical gifts, Lancien entered the Maîtrise de la Radio when ...

, Jean-Etienne Marie, Bruce Mather,

Serge Nigg Serge Nigg (6 June 1924 – 12 November 2008) was a French composer, born in Paris. Biography After initial studies with Ginette Martenot, Nigg entered the Paris Conservatory in 1941 and studied harmony with Olivier Messiaen and counterpoint ...

Tolia Nikiprowetzky Tolia Nikiprowetzky (12 or 25 September 1916 – 5 May 1997) was a French composer and musicologist of Russian birth. His compositions include four operas (''Les Noces d'Ombre'', ''La Fête et les masques'', ''Le Sourire de l'Autre'' and ''La Veu ...

, Jean-Louis Petit,

Makoto Shinohara is a Japanese composer. Biography Born in Osaka, Japan, Shinohara studied at the Tokyo University of the Arts from 1952 to 1954, studying composition with Tomojirō Ikenouchi, piano with , and conducting with Akeo Watanabe and Kurt Wöss. Fro ...

, Georges-Émile Tanguay, and

Serge Gut Serge Gut (25 June 1927 – 31 March 2014 on ResMusica) was a French musicologist of Swiss origin. Biography A pupil of Simone Plé-Caussade, Tony Aubin and Olivier Messiaen at the Conservatoire de Paris, of Solange Corbin and Jacques Chaill ...

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