Alice Charbonnet-Kellermann

1897 cover art from "The Duchess of York" by Alice Charbonnet-Kellermann

Alice Ellen Laurentine Charbonnet (12 December 1862, Cincinnati, Ohio – 1 July 1914, 14th arrondissement, Paris, France[1]), daughter of Amable Charbonnet and Ellen Jackson [2], was an Australian composer of romantic and classical music.[3] Her father was a French judge, and her formative years were spent in a variety of countries.[4] She married violinist Frederick William Kellermann; their daughter Annette Kellermann was a long-distance swimmer, vaudeville entertainer, film actress, and educator.[5]

Alice and Frederick established a music school in Phillip Street, Sydney, and Alice became a distinguished figure on Sydney's concert scene. She gave many afternoon recitals at gatherings at Phillip Street and at her home in Potts Point, and appeared in many larger concerts. After moving to Melbourne in 1901 without her husband, Alice became a music teacher at Simpson's School, Mentone, where she commanded a high fees because of her experience and the high results she obtained with students. In 1907 she retired to Paris, but continued giving concerts.

She is buried in Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris[6].

Her piano students included Dame Nellie Melba,[7] composer Lydia Larner and May Summerbelle[8][9]

Works

  • 1892 Saltarella in A minor[10]
  • 1898 Le train du diable, galop de concert
  • Ye Olde English Dances
  • Tarantella
  • Mappari[11]
  • Brise de mer
  • Remembrance, song
  • Danse Mexicaine
  • Ave Maria, for solo voice, violin and piano or organ[12]

References

  1. ↑ Death certificate, Archives de Paris, 14D 271, p.20, n°3347
  2. ↑ Teaching Melba – Alice Charbonnet, Nellie MelbMuseum
  3. ↑ "Charbonnet Kellermann, Alice". Trove. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Charbonnet Kellermann, Alice", Trove, 2009, retrieved 13 October 2018
  5. ↑ Walsh, G. P. (1983). "Kellermann, Annette Marie Sarah (1886–1975)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 9. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  6. ↑ Archives de Paris, Registres journaliers d'inhumation, Père Lachaise, 3rd July 1914, p.18, n°2185
  7. ↑ Ann Blainey (16 March 2009). Marvelous Melba: The Extraordinary Life of a Great Diva. Ivan R Dee. ISBN 978-1566638098.
  8. ↑ "New Music". The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser. Vol. LI, no. 1609. New South Wales, Australia. 9 May 1891. p. 1036. Retrieved 13 October 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ "Mr. and Madame Kellermann's". Evening News. No. 7049. New South Wales, Australia. 24 December 1889. p. 5. Retrieved 13 October 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ↑ Charbonnet-Kellermann, Alice (29 November 1892). Saltarella : in A minor. Sydney : W.H. Paling & Co. Retrieved 29 November 2017 – via Trove.
  11. ↑ Mappari: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
  12. ↑ "Ave Maria", score, via Trove

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