Louise Pauline Marie Héritte-Viardot (14 December 1841 – 17 January 1918) was a French singer, pianist, conductor and composer. She was born in Paris, the eldest child of Pauline Viardot-Garcia and Louis Viardot, niece of

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and sister to composer and conductor Paul Viardot. In 1863 Viardot married Ernest Héritte, Honorary Consul and Chancellor of the Embassy of France in

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. Her performing career was ended by illness, and with the help of

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, she found a teaching position as a singing teacher at the

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. She died in

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Works

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: J. 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 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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