Marie Jaëll: selections from "Les jours pluvieux (Rainy Days)"

Level: Intermediate Link to score on IMSLP: https://imslp.org/wiki/Special:Imagef... 0:22 Quelques gouttes de pluie (A few drops of rain) 1:19 Grisaille (Greyness) 2:50 En querelle (Quarreling) 3:37 A l'abri (Sheltered) 4:53 Roses flétries (Withered roses) 6:00 Ennuyeux comme la pluie (As tiresome as the rain) 7:21 On rêve au beau temps (Dreaming of good weather) Pianist: Erica Sipes Marie Jaëll (1846-1925) France Née Marie Trautmann, in the Alsace region of France. Began her piano studies at the age of six, studying for part of the time with Ignaz Moscheles. At the age of 10 she started studying at the Paris Conservatory and won a prestigious piano prize while there. She quickly became a recognized and respected pianist. Marie married a well-known pianist, Alfred Jaëll, at the age of 20. He had studied piano with Chopin. Marie and Alfred performed together throughout Europe, performing not only work of others but also their own works. Marie studied piano with Franz Liszt, Camille Saint-Saëns, and César Franck, also studying composition with the latter two composers. She was introduced into the Society of Music Composers. Marie was also a researcher, studying neuroscience and befriending scientists to help her study and understand how piano touch could affect sound. The method she developed is known as the Jaëll Method and is still taught today. She wrote many books about piano pedagogy, most of which have not yet been translated into English. During her lifetime she performed all of Liszt's compositions in addition to performing all of Beethoven's piano sonatas. To learn more about our project, please see our website at https://www.pianomusicshewrote.com/ To support this project and to gain access to the PMSW Directory we've put together listing all of the piano music composed by women that is available on imslp.org, please go to https://www.pianomusicshewrote.com/pm... For information on Erica and Sandra: https://www.beyondthenotescoaching.com https://www.sandramogensen.com You can also follow us individually on social media: Twitter: @pnomusshewrote, @ericasipes and @sandramogensen Instagram: @pianomusicshewrote, @erica.sipes and @enpleinelumiere YouTube: @ericaannsipes and @mogenpianist Thank you to the wonderful folks at IMSLP, and all who upload scores there. This is an important resource for all musicians. If you end up using a score from their site, please consider making a donation to them or becoming a member: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_d​...