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Irène Baume

fl: 1800s

 

BIOGRAPHY    MUSIC SOURCES

Irène Baume was a pupil of Vincent D’Indy at the Paris Conservatory in the late 1800’s though little information is available about her life . D’Indy became dissatisfied with the teaching standards at the Conservatory and became the co-founder of the Schola Cantorum of Paris in 1894. Its mission was to musically educate male and female students in the early music of Palestrina. Baume likely followed D’Indy to study at the Schola Cantorum. She is listed as a fellow student with Jeanne Barbillion (1895-1982), pianist, violinist, and composition major who wrote with some success for violin, piano, voice, and ensembles. Other students at the school included Darius Milhaud and Erik Satie.

Music

 

Six mélodies, poème de Georges Champenois   

  1. Berceuse

  2. Les pas sur la neige 

  3. Soyons unis

  4. Automne

  5. Rumeurs dans l’ombre  

  6. Le vent dans la lande

Baume’s music was published by Maurice Senart (1878-1962), who founded the ÉDITIONS MAURICE SENART, an important French publisher.

 

Sources

Cohen, Aaron I. International Encyclopedia of Women Composers, volume 1, 2nd edition. Books & Music USA, 1987.

Maschke, Eva M. “Composer, Performer, Teacher: Jeanne Barbillion (1895-1992) and the Schola cantorum, Paris.” The Routledge Handbook of Women's Work in Music, ed. Rhiannon Mathias. Routledge, 2022, pp. 124-135.

Women Composers Author Index. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.