Louise Talma

Louise Talma
Born
Louise Juliette Talma

(1906-10-31)October 31, 1906
Arcachon, France
DiedAugust 31, 1996(1996-08-31) (aged 89)
Yaddo
Education
Occupations
  • Pianist
  • Composer
Organizations
Awards

Louise Juliette Talma (October 31, 1906 – August 13, 1996)[1] was an American composer, academic, and pianist. After studies in New York and in France, piano with Isidor Philipp and composition with Nadia Boulanger, she focused on composition from 1935.[2] She taught at the American Conservatory in Fontainebleau, and at Hunter College. Her opera The Alcestiad was the first full-scale opera by an American woman staged in Europe. She was the first woman in the National Institute of Arts and Letters and the first woman awarded the Sibelius Medal for Composition.

  1. ^ Kozinn, Allan (August 15, 1996). "Louise Talma, Neo-Classical Composer, 89". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  2. ^ Leonard, Kristin Preston. ""Louise Talma"". Oxford Bibliographies (Oxford University Press). Retrieved July 11, 2024.