The women's movement flourished concurrently in France, ushering in new educational and professional opportunities, creating a gender-ambiguous atmosphere that influenced artists.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The songs on this album interweave familiar themes of love and separation with new threads such as travel, the East, water, scented flowers, and night.
Composer Biography
Marguerite Canal, the second woman to win the Prix de Rome, lost the rights to her own music for seven years after her divorce from cellist and publisher Maxime Jamin.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in 24-bit / 96 kHz, which offers a dynamic range up to 48 dB greater and 256 times the resolution of standard 16-bit recordings.
Historical Context
At the turn of the twentieth century, France experienced a surge of national confidence and creativity, driven by technological progress, expanding colonial ambitions, and a deepening fascination with its own past.
Composer Biography
Henri Duparc suffered from a mysterious condition that led him to stop composing entirely at age thirty-seven, leaving a legacy of just seventeen songs.
Composer Biography
Lili Boulanger, who died young of tuberculosis, was the first woman to win the coveted Premier Grand Prix de Rome in 1913 at age nineteen.
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