Blanche Selva (1884-1942) France
- andreachamizoalber
- Aug 31
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Composer, pianist, teacher, and writer. She began playing the piano at age 4 and, at 16, began studying composition with Vincent d'Indy, who appointed her piano teacher at the Schola Cantorum in Paris, where she remained from 1901 to 1922.
Here is Cloches dans la brume and the link to download the score.
Selva had a great influence on piano teaching. She was one of the greatest disseminators of modern French music at the beginning of the 20th century, performing and premiering works by Debussy, Ravel, Honneger, Dukas, and also works by other composers such as Rachmaninov. She was one of the few French pianists to specialize in the interpretation of Czech composers, such as Smetana, which made her very popular there.
Now here's Cloches au soleil, with the link to download the score.
Blanche wrote a seven-volume piano teaching method. This method proposes a radically new approach to piano performance. Her unusual predilection for grand arm gestures and detailed descriptions of attack types, along with her constant attention to the resulting sound color, make this method a unique contribution to the history of the piano and its literature.
Here is another piece for piano, her Sonata in C minor.
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