Jeanne Leleu
French composer
Jeanne Leleu (29 December 1898 – 11 March 1979) was a French pianist and composer. She was born in Saint-Mihiel in northeastern France; her father was a bandmaster and her mother a piano teacher. She entered the Conservatoire de Paris at the age of nine, where she studied with Marguerite Long, Georges Caussade, Alfred Cortot and Charles-Marie Widor. With Geneviève Durony, Leleu gave the premiere performance of Ravel's Ma mère l'oye in 1910. Ravel composed his Prélude for a Paris Conservatoire sight-reading competition in 1913 and Leleu won the prize.
In 1924 she took a position at the French Academy in Rome in the Villa Medici, staying there for three years before returning to Paris.
After completing her studies, Leleu took a position as professor of sight-reading at the Conservatoire and, in 1947, she was named professor of harmony. She died in Paris at 80 years of age.
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Works
- En Italie
- En Italie: III. Au théâtre des marionnettes. À l'aise, d'une manière un peu mécanique
- En Italie: IV. Les Compagnons de saint François. Lentement, et avec infiniment de douceur
- En Italie: V. Sérénade de Pulcinella. Vif et léger
- En Italie: VII. Le Dimanche dans une osteria. Assez animé, lourdement
- Quatuor pour violon, alto, violoncelle et piano
- Quatuor pour violon, alto, violoncelle et piano: I. Très lent - Vif
- Quatuor pour violon, alto, violoncelle et piano: II. Lent
- Quatuor pour violon, alto, violoncelle et piano: III. Allegro
- Six Sonnets de Michel-Ange
- Six Sonnets de Michel-Ange: No. 1, Tout ce qu'un grand artiste
- Six Sonnets de Michel-Ange: No. 2, Vos beaux yeux me font voir
- Six Sonnets de Michel-Ange: No. 3, Fuyez, amants, fuyez l'amour
- Six Sonnets de Michel-Ange: No. 4, Qu'il est doux, le festin de ces fleurs
- Six Sonnets de Michel-Ange: No. 5, Ils sont rompus, ces liens
- Six Sonnets de Michel-Ange: No. 6, C'est ici que mon unique bien