Background: | person |
Jeanne Blancard | |
Birth Date: | 1884 |
Death Place: | Villiers-le-Bel, France |
Occupation: | Composer |
Instrument: | Piano |
Jeanne Blancard (1884–1972) was a French composer and pianist.
In 1884, Blancard was born in France. Blancard's mother was Célestine Blancard, a composer.[1]
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.[2] At twenty, Blancard gave concerts at the Salle Pleyel, a concert hall in Paris, France.[3] Blancard was a professor at the École Normale de Musique de Paris; among her pupils were Éric Gaudibert, Françoise Deslogères, and Jacques Greys.[4]