Madeleine Thérèse Marie Boucherit Le Faure (; 13 May 1879 – 14 October 1960) was a French pianist and composer. A teacher at the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), or the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (; CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue Jean Ja ...

, she authored several pieces for piano, specifically for children, gave

conducting Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or Choir, choral concert. It has been defined as "the art of directing the simultaneous performance of several players or singers by the use of gesture." The primary d ...

lessons to young students, and directed the

chamber orchestra Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of Musical instrument, instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a Great chamber, palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music ...

the ''petits concerts Mozart'' that she established. Her brother, violinist Jules Boucherit, was two years younger than Madeleine and they often concertized together. She married writer

Georges Le Faure Georges Le Faure (; 12 June 1856 – 25 May 1953) was a French writer who authored many popular novels, including early examples of science fiction. Born into poverty, he had a long writing career in many genres, including cinema. Among his best ...

on 2 January 1906.

Works

*''Legende'' for Violin and Viola, copyright 1933 *''Impressions''. Suite for Violin, Viola and Cello. Paris: Éditions Salabert, 1933. *''La journée de Suzy, Histoire d’une poupée'', ten easy pieces for piano, specially written for children by Magdeleine Boucherit Le Faure, illustrated by R. de la Nézière. Text by G. Le Faure. * ''Les Enfants''. Divertissement chorégraphique tiré des Caractères. Text by G. Le Faure. Illustrations by Ch. Gir. Score sheet for piano, 1932. *La journée de Goudou "L'ours" for violin & piano, Paris : J. Tallandier, 1954

References

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