Charlotte Sohy

Charlotte Sohy (7 July 1887 - 19 December 1955) was a French composer. Life Charlotte Sohy was born as Charlotte Marie Louise Durey on 7 July 1887 in Paris, the daughter of an industrialist. A precocious child, she received a broad education including musical training from George Marty on piano and music theory. She was introduced to the musical world at a young age and was friends with both Nadia Boulanger and Mel Bonis. She continued her musical studies at the Schola Cantorum (Paris), where she studied organ with Alexandre Guilmant and later with Louis Vierne, as well as composition with Vincent d’Indy. She was the cousin of Louis Durey, a member of Les Six. Compositions The complete works of Charlotte Sohy, published as Présence Compositrices, comprises 35 opus numbers. Vocal works * Berceuse triste, op. 1, for soprano and piano, text by Sohy (1905) * Chants de la Lande, op. 4, for mezzo-soprano and piano, text by Sohy (1908) * Trois chants nostalgiques, op. 7, for mezzo-soprano and piano (or orchestra), text by Cyprien Halgan (1910) * Poème, op. 8, for Alto, Baritone, Choir and Orchester (1911), premiered by Claire Croiza and Morel under the direction of Marcel Labey on 24 May