Jeanne Blancard
Jeanne Blancard was a French composer and pianist.Early life
In 1884, Blancard was born in France. Blancard's mother was Célestine Blancard, a composer.Career
Blancard was a child prodigy. Before Blancard was 8 years old, she had already composed the Six pièces pour le piano. In 1894, when Blancard was 10 years old, the Pastorale pour le piano, the Première valse, the Marche nuptiale were published.
Blancard's fame crossed the Atlantic.
At twenty, Blancard gave concerts at the Salle Pleyel, a concert hall in Paris, France.
Blancard was a professor at the École Normale de Musique de Paris; among her pupils were Éric Gaudibert, Françoise Deslogères, and Jacques Greys.Works
- Pastorale pour le piano Op. 8; illustrated by H. Viollet on Gallica
- Première valse on Gallica
- Six pièces pour le piano on Gallica
- Fileuse on Gallica
- Marche nuptiale pour le piano on Gallica
- Principes élémentaires de la technique pianistique: d'après la méthode Alfred Cortot
