Armande de Polignac
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Armande de Polignac, Comtesse de Chabannes (b. 1876, d. 1962) was a French composer, the niece of Prince Edmond de Polignac
and Princess Winnaretta de Polignac
, the patron of Ravel, Stravinsky and Milhaud
. She studied with Vincent d'Indy
at Schola Cantorum, and married the Comte de Chabanne la Palice.
Prince Edmond de Polignac
Prince Edmond Melchior Jean Marie de Polignac was a French composer.- Heritage, prison sentence :Edmond was a descendant of one of the more illustrious families of France. His grandmother, the duchesse de Polignac, had been the close friend of Queen Marie-Antoinette...
and Princess Winnaretta de Polignac
Winnaretta Singer
Winnaretta Singer, Princesse Edmond de Polignac was an American musical patron and heir to the Singer sewing machine fortune.-Early Life and Family:...
, the patron of Ravel, Stravinsky and Milhaud
Milhaud
Milhaud is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.-Population:-References:*...
. She studied with Vincent d'Indy
Vincent d'Indy
Vincent d'Indy was a French composer and teacher.-Life:Paul Marie Théodore Vincent d'Indy was born in Paris into an aristocratic family of royalist and Catholic persuasion. He had piano lessons from an early age from his paternal grandmother, who passed him on to Antoine François Marmontel and...
at Schola Cantorum, and married the Comte de Chabanne la Palice.
Works
Selected works include:- La flûte de jade song cycle
- Chant d'amour (in La flûte de jade) (Text: Franz Toussaint after Chen-Teuo-Tsan)
- Ki-Fong (in La flûte de jade) (Text: Franz Toussaint after Tschang-So-Su)
- Ki-Fong (in La flûte de jade) (Text: after Franz Toussaint) ENG FRE
- La rose rouge (in La flûte de jade) (Text: Franz Toussaint after Li-Tai-Po)
- Le heron blanc (in La flûte de jade) (Text: Franz Toussaint after Li-Tai-Po)
- Le palais ruiné (in La flûte de jade) (Text: Franz Toussaint after Tu Fu)
- Li-Si (in La flûte de jade) (Text: Franz Toussaint after Li-Tai-Po)
- Li-Si (in La flûte de jade) (Text: after Franz Toussaint)
- Ngo Gay Ngy (in La flûte de jade) (Text: Franz Toussaint after Wou-Hao)
- Ngo Gay Ngy (in La flûte de jade) (Text: after Franz Toussaint)
- Sonate pour violon et piano
- La Source Lointaine, ballet
- Valse