Viardot, Louise (1841–1918)

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Viardot, Louise (1841–1918)

French contralto. Name variations: Louise Héritte-Viardot or Louise Heritte-Viardot. Born Louise-Pauline-Marie on Dec 14, 1841; died 1918; dau. of Pauline Viardot (1821–1910) and Louis Viardot; married a diplomat.

Was a professor at the St. Petersburg School of Music and later at Frankfurt, Berlin, and Heidelburg.

See also autobiography Une Famille de grands musiciens: Memoirs de Louise Héritte-Viardot (Paris: Stock, 1923); and Women in World History.

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