Marcelle Meyer

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Marcelle Meyer (Piano) Born: May 22, 1897 - Lille (northern) France Died: November 17, 1958 The French pianist, Marcelle Meyer, received her first piano lessons at the age of five from her sister Germaine, nine years older and herself an excellent pianist. Marcelle entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1911 at the age of fourteen enrolling first in Marguerite Long's class. She quickly changed to Alfred Cortot's class who was to guide her to her Premiers Prix in 1913. She played her Camille Saint-Saëns concerto so wonderfully that Alfred Cortot threw himself onto the stage to kiss her. A period under the tutelage of Ricardo Viñes opened her up to the world of Ravel. However she received her essential lessons in Spanish music not from Viñes but from José Iturbi. In 1917, her marriage to the actor Pierre Bertin introduced Marcelle Meyer into the circle of Eric Satie and his friends. Responsible for presenting Satie's Piège de Méduse, Bertin was a vibrant and talented character who moved freely between the theatrical and musical worlds of Paris. Meyer immediately became Satie's favourite pianist. He called her his 'pretty little lady'. She was still only twenty years old. She worked with Debussy shortly before his death on his Préludes and was the first to play them in recital at Salle Gaveau, a recital notable also for being the first devoted wholly to Debussy's work.. In 1918, at a Lyre et Palletes concert (a series of concerts where artists and musicians could meet), Marce

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Piano Performances 1925-1957

Couperin: Pièces pour clavier - Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin

Ravel: Miroirs

Chabrier, Stravinsky, Milhaud & De Falla: Piano Works

Rameau: The Keyboard Works

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Jean-Philippe Rameau : The Keyboard Works (L’Œuvre pour clavier)

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Chabrier & Debussy: Piano Works

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Marcelle Meyer plays Rameau: Suites, Livre & Pièces

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Scarlatti by Marcelle Meyer: 58 Keyboard Sonatas - Albums 1 & 2

Ravel: The Complete Piano Works

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Bach by Marcelle Meyer: Complete Inventions & Sinfonias, Partitas, Toccatas, Italian Concerto.. ..

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Fur Elise: 30 Classical Songs for Piano Lessons Including Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, and Brahms

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