Teresa Carreño
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María Teresa Carreño García de Sena (December 22, 1853 – June 12, 1917) was a Venezuelan pianist, singer, composer, and conductor.[1]
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Biography
Born into a musical family, her talent was recognized at an early age. She was at first taught by her father, Manuel Antonio Carreño. In 1862 her family emigrated to New York City. She received lessons from Louis Moreau Gottschalk.[2] At the age of 8 she made her debut at Irving Hall that same year. In 1863 she performed for Abraham Lincoln at the White House.
In 1866 she moved to Europe. She had lessons from Georges Mathias, a pupil of Chopin, and Anton Rubinstein. She began touring, making her debut as an opera singer in 1876. She toured Australia at least once.[3] Franz Liszt offered her lessons, but she declined.[4] She did not return to Venezuela until 1885, and then only for a short period. In 1889 she returned to Europe for more touring, settling in Berlin. She mounted two world tours in the early years of the twentieth century, but her health deteriorated. She died at 7:00 pm on June 12, 1917 in her apartment in New York City.[1]
Legacy
She performed several times at Henry Wood's promenade concerts. He wrote: "It is difficult to express adequately what all musicians felt about this great woman who looked like a queen among pianists - and played like a goddess. The instant she walked onto the platform her steady dignity held her audience who watched with riveted attention while she arranged the long train she habitually wore. Her masculine vigour of tone and touch and her marvellous precision on executing octave passages carried everyone completely away."[5]
The Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex in Caracas is named after her, as is a crater on Venus.
Personal life
Teresa Carreño married three times and also had a common-law partnership with the brother of her final husband:
- 1873-1875 she was married to violinist Émile Sauret by whom she had a daughter, Emilita
- 1876-1891 she maintained a common-law union with Italian opera-singer Giovanni Tagliapietra, by whom she had two surviving children, Giovanni and Teresita (born 24 December 1882); the latter also became a famous pianist, under the name of Teresita Tagliapietra-Carreño
- 1892-1895 she was married to pianist Eugen d'Albert, himself oft-married, and together they produced two more daughters, Eugenia and Hertha
- 1902-1917 she was married to Arturo Tagliapietra, the brother of her former common-law husband Giovanni Tagliapietra.
Compositions
Teresa Carreño was also a composer. One of her first pieces was a waltz, the "Gottschalk Waltzshe", published in 1863 and named after one of her piano teachers. She composed at least 40 works for piano, 2 for voice and piano, 2 for choir and orchestra include the Himno a Bolivar, and 2 as chamber music. She also left many incomplete works. She wrote a song called Tendeur, which was a "hit" in her time. On April 2, 1905, she recorded 18 pieces for the reproducing piano Welte-Mignon. Her daughter Teresita recorded in 1906 for Welte-Mignon as well.
See also
Notes
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- ↑ http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45810197
- ↑ Harold C. Schonberg, The Great Pianists, p. 328-29
- ↑ Sir Henry Wood, My Life of Music (1938), p. 147-148.
Further reading
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- Free scores by Maria Teresa Carreño at the International Music Score Library Project
- Audio extracts and sheet music on this dedicated page of the website gottschalk.fr
- Website dedicated to Teresa Carreño
- Piano Rolls (The Reproducing Piano Roll Foundation)
- Documenting Teresa Carreño
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