Caroline Luigini, called ''Câline'', (2 November 1873 in

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– 1968 in Paris, aged 94) was a French musician, harpist and professor of harp of Italian origin, born from a family of musicians of Modena, who was the pupil of

Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (; 9 October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Second Piano Concerto ...

Biography

The daughter of composer and conductor Alexandre Luigini, Caroline Luigini married 2 July 1902 painter

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(1870–1937). She is the mother of writer and poet

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(1903–1995). While she was the assistant of Alphonse Hasselmans, then professor of harp at the

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, she had

Germaine Tailleferre Germaine Tailleferre (; born Marcelle Germaine Taillefesse; 19 April 18927 November 1983) was a French composer and the only female member of the group of composers known as '' Les Six''. Biography Marcelle Germaine Taillefesse was born at Sain ...

of ''

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'' among her students, with whom she became a friend and who wrote for her ''Le petit livre de harpe de Madame Tardieu'' (1913–1917), a collection of eighteen short pieces for harp, which she used for her concerts and lessons.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Luigini, Caroline Musicians from Lyon 20th-century French women musicians French classical harpists 1873 births 1968 deaths