Marguerite Long: A Life in French Music, 1874a 1966

Cecilia Dunoyer has written a thoughtful and carefully researched work. Not only is her book crammed with information on French music, performers, and composers, it also is highly readable. --Piano & Keyboard

Cecilia Dunoyer's new book presents an engaging portrait of the woman once esteemed as the grande dame of French music. --Notes

It is a fascinating story from beginning to end . . . --American Music Teacher

Dunoyer's thorough, accurate, well-written biography is the first of this important artist and, as such, worthy of many a music library's attention. --Booklist

Marguerite Long, the most important French woman pianist of our century, left her stamp on a whole epoch of musical life in Paris. Long was a virtuoso performer--working closely with Debussy, Fauré, and Ravel--and a tireless and demanding pedagogue. With violinist Jacques Thibaud, she founded a prestigious international competition that continues to launch the careers of young musicians. Illustrated.

Author: Cecilia Dunoyer
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 12/22/1993
Pages: 260
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.54h x 6.37w x 0.85d
ISBN: 9780253318398

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 10/01/1993

About the Author

CECILIA DUNOYER is Education Coordinator at the Center for Performing Arts at Pennsylvania State University. She combines the careers of pianist and scholar, giving lecture-recitals on French and Russian music and concertizing in both Europe and America.