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Marie Prestat

Marie Joséphine Claire Prestat (1862–1933) was a French organist, pianist, composer and teacher. She was a native of Paris where she spent her entire life. She is known principally as a composer of

Marie Joséphine Claire Prestat (1862–1933) was a French organist, pianist, composer and teacher. She was a native of Paris where she spent her entire life. She is known principally as a composer of organ and piano music, vocal works, and pedagogical texts. Training Marie Prestat began advanced musical studies at a young age at the Conservatoire de Paris. In 1876 - at the age of 14 - she was awarded the Conservatoire’s highest diploma (Premier Prix) in Solfège. Among her teachers at the Conservatoire were: for harmony: Charles Lenepveu, gaining Premier Prix in 1885. Organist By 1912 Prestat was organist of the Association des Concerts Spirituels at the Sorbonne. References External links Details of works by Marie Prestat, including some public domain scores and texts, can be found online at: * Biblioteque Nationale de Framce (Online resource, accessed 15 May 2021). * IMSLP Petrucci Music Library. (Online resource, accessed 15 May 2021). * Marie Prestat. Offrande a la Vierge: Alma redemptoris mater (1914). Andrew Pink (2021) Exordia ad missam.

Era
Late Romantic
Lived
1862–1933
From
France
Born in
Paris · died Paris
Known as
organist, composer, musician

Contemporaries

Composers of the same nationality whose working lives overlapped — computed across all 11,984 dated composers in this library, not taken from any single article.