A critic from the 'Neue Zeitschrift für Musik' declared Pauline Viardot's 1865 collection of songs to be the most significant works by a female composer he had encountered.
Composer Biography
Pauline Viardot's father, Manuel Garcia (1775-1832), was Rossini's first Count Almaviva in "Il barbiere di Siviglia" and is considered a founder of the belcanto school.
Composition History
Pauline Viardot's song "Die Kapelle" was her first composition published in Germany, created at Robert Schumann's request as a musical supplement for the 'Neue Zeitschrift für Musik.'
Composer's Artistic Vision
Pauline Viardot considered the poetry of Eduard Mörike (1804-1875) to be "the greatest and most genuine in all German poetry after Goethe."
Composition History
Pauline Viardot moved to Baden-Baden in 1863 after becoming disillusioned with the Parisian opera scene, where she felt pressured to sing "bad music in a pretty way."
Composer Biography
Pauline Viardot spoke Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, and German, and composed songs in all these languages.
Composer Biography
Pauline Viardot (1821-1910) was a versatile 19th-century musician, active as a singer, pianist, composer, arranger, editor, and pedagogue.
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