Louise Béguin-Salomon

Louise Béguin-Salomon (9 April 1831 – 12 November 1916) was a French pianist, composer and teacher of the late Romantic period. A student of Louise Farrenc at the Conservatoire de Paris, Béguin-Salomon became a celebrated pianist in the Parisian concert scene, often programming canonic standards alongside contemporary repertoire. As a composer she authored a wide variety of solo piano works.

Life and career Louise-Frédérique Cohen (née Salomon) was born on 9 April 1831 in Marseille, France. She was the daughter of Salomon Rousseau Cohen (1796–1876) and Cesarine Boisset (1796–1880); at some point the family lived in Remilly-Aillicourt. Admitted to the Conservatoire de Paris on 7 July 1843, she studied there until 1851. Béguin-Salomon received the Officier d'Academie honor in 1887 and died on 12 November 1916 in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. and Petite suite des pièces faciles dans le style classique (1894). In addition, Béguin-Salomon arranged the Andante movement of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's String Quartet No. 1 for piano in 1853.

List of compositions Sources:

Piano Solo La Bal breton, quadrille brillant et facile (1849) Le Mysoli, bluette pour piano, Op. 11 (1853) Morceau de salon pour piano, Op. 12 (1854) Étude de concert pour la main gauche pour piano, Op. 14 (1859) Caprice étude en la (1860) Marine, Op. 22 (1874) Mazurka de salon (1875) Élégie (1889) Tarentelle (1893) Petite suite de pièces faciles dans le style classique (1894)

Piano 4 Hands

Berceuses (1893)