Augusta Holmès
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1847-12-16
- Died
- 1903-01-28
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Ride on Horseback to Florence
- Selected Songs
- Tzigane reverie
via Open Library + Wikidata
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- 6,846
- Total plays
- 17,656
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Augusta Mary Anne Holmès (18 December 1847 – 28 January 1903) was a French composer of Irish descent. At first she published under the pseudonym Hermann Zenta. Holmès was born in Paris. Despite showing talent at the piano, she was not allowed to study at the Paris Conservatoire, but she took lessons privately. She developed her piano playing under the tutelage of local pianist Mademoiselle Peyronnet, Versailles' cathedral organist Henri Lambert, and Hyacinthe Klosé. <a href="https://www.last.fm
Key dates
- Born
- 16 December 1847
- Died
- 28 January 1903
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Augusta
- Family name
- Holmes
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of death
- 17th arrondissement of Paris
- Spouse
- Catulle Mendès
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Student of
- Hyacinthe Klosé
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1847 births1903 deaths19th-century French classical composers19th-century French women composers20th-century French classical composers20th-century French women composersBurials at the Cemetery of Saint-Louis, VersaillesComposers from ParisComposers with IMSLP linksFrench opera composersFrench people of Irish descentFrench Romantic composers