Georges Pfeiffer Georges Jean Pfeiffer was a French composer, pianist, and music critic . He was a much sought-after chamber music partner in the second half of the nineteenth century in Paris.Life Pfeiffer was born in Versailles . Both his grandfather and his father Émile were piano makers. His mother Clara had been a pupil of Frédéric Kalkbrenner and Henri Bertini ; at his parents' home in Paris, the Pfeiffers were regular hosts to musical salon events. Pfeiffer received his piano tuition from his mother, and he studied composition privately with Pierre Maleden and Berthold Damcke . In a self-organised concert in 1862, his operetta Le Capitaine Roche and the Piano Trio , Op. 14 were performed. At the London International Exhibition in the same year, Pfeiffer performed the piano part in his own Second Piano Concerto . Like his Franco-Irish friend Joseph O'Kelly , Pfeiffer was a partner in the piano and harp making firm Pleyel, Wolff, Lyon & Cie. Pfeiffer's piano work Babillage , Op. 74 is dedicated to O'Kelly's second wife, Marie. In mid- to late nineteenth-century Paris, he was much in demand as a pianist in chamber music events, performing in high-profile recitals with Pablo Sarasate , Auguste Franchomme , and others. As a composer, Pfeiffer received several awards, including the Prix Chartier and one by the Société des compositeurs de musique whose president he was. As a music critic, he wrote for the journals Voltaire and La Mode illustrée , also a number of longer articles for the Revue musicale .Music Pfeiffer wrote four light operas, two ballet compositions, three piano concertos , a number of chamber and piano works, as well as pedagogical works. They were renowned for their refined melodic creativity and elegant classical forms. His "opéra bouffe" Le Légataire universel featured a number of sentimental arias reminding of operettas. Pfeiffer's music was favourably received by his contemporary audiences, but is now largely unperformed and forgotten.Selected works Stage works Le Capitaine Roche , Op. 19, operetta in 1 act L'Enclume , comic opera in 1 act Le Baron Frick , operetta in 1 act, written in collaboration with Ernest Guiraud , Victorin de Joncières , and Francis Thomé Le Légataire universel , "opéra bouffe" in 3 acts two ballets: Madame Bonaparte and Cléopâtre Vocal music Agar , "poème lyrique" for soloists, mixed chorus and orchestra Wilda , "scène" for soprano and mixed chorus Villanelle et ronde champêtre , for baritone and women's chorus Orchestral music Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 11 Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 21 Jeanne d'Arc , Op. 43, symphonic poem Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 86 Marine , Op. 131 for violin and orchestra Légende , subtitled Fantaisie symphonique , Op. 138 for piano, organ and orchestraChamber music Piano Trio in G minor , Op. 14 Cello Sonata , Op. 28 Piano Quintet in C minor , Op. 41 Sonata for two pianos Violin Sonata , Op. 66 Sonata, Op. 76 Concertstück , Op. 120 for horn and pianoPiano music 1re Étude de salon , Op. 4 3me Mazurka de salon , Op. 10 Roquefavour, feuillet d'album , Op. 15 6 Romances sans paroles , Op. 27 Marguerite à la fontaine , Op. 29 Nocturne , Op. 36 Polonaise , Op. 39 Valse de salon , Op. 48 Berceuse , Op. 53 Morceau espagnol , Op. 61 Scènes de chasse , Op. 64 25 Études servant de préparation aux études de Cramer , Op. 70 Ronde turque , Op. 72 Babillage , Op. 74 Gigue dans le genre ancien , Op. 77 Mon moulin , Op. 85 Paquerette , Op. 97 2 Légendes , Op. 109 Sérénade tunisienne , Op. 111 Styrienne , Op. 112 Impromptu-Ballet , Op. 143Educational writings Enseignement du piano. Doigters simplifiés des gammes en tierces diatoniques et chromatiques "La Classe d'ensemble instrumental au Conservatoire", in: La Revue musicale , 3 February 1903, pp. 65–66 "De l'interprétation des signes d'ornements chez les maîtres anciens", in: La Revue musicale , 15 September 1903, pp. 513–517 "A propos de harpe", in: La Revue musicale , 1 February 1905, pp. 84–86
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