num_pages: 260
description: "Cecilia Dunoyer has written a thoughtful and carefully researched work. Not only is her book crammed with information on French music, performers, and composers, it also is highly readable." --Piano &amp; Keyboard"Cecilia Dunoyer's new book presents an engaging portrait of the woman once esteemed as the grande dame of French music." --Notes"It is a fascinating story from beginning to end... " --American Music Teacher"Dunoyer's thorough, accurate, well-written biography is the first of this important artist and, as such, worthy of many a music library's attention." --BooklistMarguerite Long, the most important French woman pianist of our century, left her stamp on a whole epoch of musical life in Paris. Long was a virtuoso performer--working closely with Debussy, Faure, and Ravel--and a tireless and demanding pedagogue. With violinist Jacques Thibaud, she founded a prestigious international competition that continues to launch the careers of young musicians. Illustrated.
language: English
title: Marguerite Long: A Life in French Music, 1874-1966
titlecomplete: Marguerite Long: A Life in French Music, 1874-1966
genres: Music
ratings_count: 7
publisher: Indiana University Press