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Germaine Tailleferre

Germaine Tailleferre has been played on NTS shows including SOS Radio w/ Sofie, with Sonata For Harp first played on 26 March 2019.

Germaine Tailleferre (April 19, 1892 - November 7, 1983) was a French composer and the only female member of the famous Group Les Six.

Born Marcelle Taillefesse at Saint Maur Des Fossés, Île-de-France, France, as a young woman she changed her last name to "Tailleferre" to spite her father who had refused to support her musical studies. She studied piano with her mother at home, composing short works of her own and then began studying at the Conservatory in Paris where she met…

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Sonate Pour Harpe
Damase, Debussy, Ravel, Rousseau, Roussel, Salzedo, Tailleferre, Tournier, Nicanor Zabaleta
Deutsche Grammophon1978
Sonate Pour Harpe
Damase, Debussy, Ravel, Rousseau, Roussel, Salzedo, Tailleferre, Tournier, Nicanor ZabaletaDeutsche Grammophon1978
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Pas trop vite (1914)
Germaine Tailleferre, Cristina Ariagno
Timpani2003
Pas trop vite (1914)
Germaine Tailleferre, Cristina AriagnoTimpani2003
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Sonata For Harp
Hindemith, Krenek, Tailleferre, Berio, Britten, Petrassi, Bussotti, Claudia Antonelli
Arts Music1999
Sonata For Harp
Hindemith, Krenek, Tailleferre, Berio, Britten, Petrassi, Bussotti, Claudia AntonelliArts Music1999
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Deux Pieces Pour Piano
Germaine Tailleferre, California Parallèle Ensemble, University Of California Santa Cruz Orchestra, Nicole Paiement
Helicon1999
Deux Pieces Pour Piano
Germaine Tailleferre, California Parallèle Ensemble, University Of California Santa Cruz Orchestra, Nicole PaiementHelicon1999
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