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CHAMINADE, CECILE (1861– )

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 825 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHAMINADE, CECILE (1861– ) , See also:French musical composer, was See also:born at See also:Paris on the 8th of See also:August 1861. She studied in Paris, her musical See also:talent being shown at the See also:age of eight by the See also:writing of some See also:church See also:music which attracted Bizet's See also:attention; and at eighteen she came out in public as a pianist. Her own compositions, both songs (in large See also:numbers) and instrumental pieces, were soon produced in profusion: melodious and interesting, and often charming, they became very popular, without being entitled to See also:rank with the greater See also:style of music. Both in Paris and in See also:England Mlle Chaminade and her See also:works became well known at the See also:principal concerts. In 1908 she visited See also:America and was warmly welcomed.

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