Marie Jaëll

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Marie Jaëll (August 17, 1846 -February 4, 1925) was a French pianist, composer, and music teacher. She studied under Camille Saint-Saëns and César Franck. In 1862 she won first prize at the Paris Conservatory, where she was a student. She married Alfred Jaëll in 1866, and together they gave concerts in Europe and Russia. As a pianist, she specialized in the music of Schumann, Liszt, and Beethoven. She knew Liszt personally and helped him as a secretary for several weeks a year at Weimar late in his life. She did scientific studies of hand techniques in piano playing and attempted to replace traditional drilling with systematic piano methods.^[1]

She composed pieces for piano, concertos, quartets, and others.^[2]

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1. ^ Leuchtmann/Timbrel, "Marie Jaell". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. London, Macmillan, 2001.
2. ^ Marie Jaëll Exhibit - Strasbourg