Marguerite Roesgen-Champion

Marguerite Sara Roesgen-Champion (24 January 1894 – 30 June 1976) was a Swiss composer, pianist and harpsichordist who used the pseudonym Jean Delysse. She composed works for orchestra, harpsichord and piano, as well as chamber and choral works. As a pianist she performed several piano concertos by Mozart and Haydn. On harpsichord she performed compositions for harpsichord by Jean-Henry d’Anglebert and Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach. Roesgen-Champion founded a concert series entitled Suites Française which was used a showcase for students of distinction from the Paris Conservatory. Life Marguerite Sara Roesgen-Champion was born on 24 January 1894 in Geneva. She was a composer, pianist and harpsichordist, and used the pseudonym Jean Delysse. Roesgen-Champion’s mother was singer Cecile Roesgen-Liodet, so Marguerite received her first music lessons at home. She studied at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève, notably piano with Marie Panthès, and composition with Ernest Bloch and Jaques-Dalcroze. Roesgen-Champion died 30 June 1976 in Paris. Works * Sonata for Flute and Keyboard * Blue and Gold Story, piano with 4 hands * French Suite for flute and harp * Domine not in Furore for mi