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Jeanne Leleu

French composer (1898-1979) · France · On the map · Musicians · Died at 80

Jeanne Leleu was a French pianist and composer. She was born in Saint-Mihiel in northeastern France; her father was a bandmaster and her mother a piano teacher. She entered the Conservatoire de Paris at the age of nine, where she studied with Marguerite Long, Georges Caussade, Alfred Cortot and Charles-Marie Widor.

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With Geneviève Durony, Leleu gave the premiere performance of Ravel's Ma mère l'oye in 1910. Ravel composed his Prélude for a Paris Conservatoire sight-reading competition in 1913 and Leleu won the prize.

Country
France
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1898 to 1979 · aged 80