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Germaine Tailleferre
French composer (1892–1983)
Germaine Tailleferre | |
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Germaine Tailleferre and Mario Hacquard | |
| Born | Marcelle Germaine Taillefesse (1892-04-19)19 April 1892 Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France |
| Died | 7 November 1983(1983-11-07) (aged 91) Paris, France |
| Spouses | Ralph Barton (m. 1926; div. 1927)Jean Lageat (m. 1932; div. 1955) |
| Children | 1 |
Germaine Tailleferre (French:[ʒɛʁmɛntɑjfɛʁ]; born Marcelle Germaine Taillefesse; 19 April 1892 – 7 November 1983) was a French composer and the only female member of the group of composers known as Les Six.[1]
Biography
Marcelle Germaine Taillefesse was born at Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France, but as a young woman she changed her last name from "Taillefesse" to "Tailleferre" to spite her father, who had refused to