Marie-Catherine Girod (piano)

Composers

• Backer-Grøndahl, Agathe Ursula (1847–1907)
• Barbillion, Jeanne (1895-1992)
• Beach, Amy Marcy Cheney (1867–1944)
• Bon, Anna (1738-67)
• Bonis, Mel (1858–1937)
• Bosmans, Henriette Hilda (1895–1952)
• Boulanger, Lili (1893–1918)
• Chaminade, Cécile (1857–1944)
• Farrenc, Jeanne Louise (1804–75)
• Mendelssohn Hensel, Fanny Caecilie (1805–47)
• Montgeroult, Hélène de (1764–1836)
• Park, Maria Hester (1760–1813)
• Peterson, Clara Gottschalk
• Schumann, Clara (1819–96)
• Smyth, Ethel (1858–1944)
• Tailleferre, Germaine (1892–1983)
• Zumsteeg, Emilie (1796-1857)

Works

• Backer-Grøndahl: Fire Skizzer (Four Sketches) for piano, Op. 19: No. 2. Allegretto Leggiero
• Barbillion: Bord de mer, le soir
• Barbillion: Fête de soleil
• Beach, A: Piano Pieces (2), Op. 102: II. Dancing Leaves
• Beach, A: Scottish Legend, Op. 54, No. 1
• Bon, A: Harpsichord Sonatas, Op. 2: I. Sonata in G Minor
• Bonis: Mélisande, Op. 109
• Bosmans: Préludes (6)
• Boulanger, L: D'un vieux jardin
• Chaminade: Toccata Op. 39
• Farrenc: Les Italiennes, Op. 14: I. Cavatina No. 1
• Mendelssohn, Fanny: Wanderlied Op. 8 No. 4
• Montgeroult: Piano Sonata, Op. 5 No. 3: III. Presto
• Peterson, C G: Staccato Polka
• Schumann, Clara: Romanze in A minor, Op. 21 No. 1
• Smyth: Variations on an Original Theme (of an Exceedingly Dismal Nature) in D flat major
• Tailleferre: Impromptu
• Zumsteeg, E: Polonaise No. 3

Was the golden age of the piano that of a defeat for female composers? If they occupied an important place in ancient and baroque music, the bourgeois society which emerges from the Enlightenment limits their access to the conservatory and to the quarry.

Marie-Catherine Girod explores this key moment and reveals to us the talent of the resistance fighters of the classical and romantic periods, and of the first modernism, those whose history has retained the name, such as Fanny Mendelssohn or Clara Schumann, or of whom she is rediscovering it today.