Gabrielle Ferrari (14 September 1851 – 4 July 1921) was a French pianist and composer noted for opera. Born Gabrielle Colombari, she was born and died in Paris and studied with Charles Gounod and Théodore Dubois. Her opera Le Cobzar premiered in Monte Carlo.[1][2]

Gabrielle Ferrari

She married François Ferrari with whom she had four daughters.

Works

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Title page of Le Cobzar

Ferrari composed operas and songs, writing her own text, and also for orchestral and piano performance. Selected works include:

  • Le Tartare, (1906) opera
  • Le dernier amour, (1895) opera
    • Libretto by Paul Berlier[2]
  • Le Cobzar, (1909) opera
  • Feuilles d'album, Op. 76
  • Feuille morte
  • Menuet
  • Nirvana
  • Fantasie Symphonique
  • Jeanne d'Arc

References

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  1. ^ "Famous Women in Musical History - "The Etude" Music Magazine, July, 1909". etudemagazine.com. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
  2. ^ a b Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
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