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Alice Ellen Lauentine Charbonnet (12 October 1858, Cincinnati, Ohio – 1 June 1914, Paris, France)[1] was a French-Australian composer of romantic and classical music.[2] Her father was a French judge, and her formative years were spent in a variety of countries.[3] She married violinist Frederick William Kellermann; their daughter Annette Kellermann was a long-distance swimmer, vaudeville entertainer, film actress, and educator.[4]

Alice and Frederick established a music school in Phillip Street, Sydney, and Alice became a distinguished figure on Sydney's concert scene. She gave many afternoon recitals at gatherings at Phillip Street and at her home in Potts Point, and appeared in many larger concerts. After moving to Melbourne in 1901 without her husband, Alice became a music teacher at Simpson's School, Mentone, where she commanded a high fees because of her experience and the high results she obtained with students. In 1907 she retired to Paris, but continued giving concerts.

Her piano students included Dame Nellie Melba,[5] composer Lydia Larner and May Summerbelle[6][7]

Works

• 1892 Saltarella in A minor[8]
• 1898 Le train du diable, galop de concert
• Ye Olde English Dances
• Tarantella
• Mappari[9]
• Brise de mer
• Remembrance, song
• Danse Mexicaine
• Ave Maria, for solo voice, violin and piano or organ[10]

References

Further reading

• Emily Gibson; Barba Firth (2005). The Original Million Dollar Mermaid – The Annette Kellerman Story. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-74114-432-9. Archived from the original on 2 December 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
• "Alice Ellen Charbonnet: a French musician in nineteenth-century Australia" by J. G. Bong, 2006 Masters thesis, Faculty of Music, University of Melbourne

External links

• Free scores by Alice Charbonnet-Kellermann at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)

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