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Jeanne Marie Louise Barbillion (* 12 October 1895; † 8 August 1992) was a French pianist, violinist, and composer.

Life

Born in Paris, Barbillion attended the Schola Cantorum de Paris from the age of 8. She was a pupil of Vincent d’Indy (who nicknamed her “the Chameleon”) who gave her orchestration lessons, Armand Parent and Berthe Duranton.

In the late 1910s, she performed as a violinist with Vincent d’Indy in pieces by Nicola Porpora, Franz Schubert and Vincent d’Indy.

In the 1920s, she created the Barbillion Quartet, in collaboration with Denise Vidaillet, Edwige Bergeron, Madeleine Portier, and Marcel Vernet. She composed and created several of her works for her quartet, (La tristesse de Pan, 13 March 1926) for example).

In the 1940s, Barbillion taught chamber music at the École César-Franck.

In 1972, she took part in a day in homage to Charles Fourier, for whom she composed a Hymne sylvestre for mixed choir and mezzo-soprano, Scènes champêtres for piano four hands, and En forêt for piano four hands.

In 1926, she lived on Avenue de l’Observatoire. In 1939 she was awarded the title of Officier of the Ordre des Palmes académiques.

Barbillon died in Paris at the age of 96.

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