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Georges Bachmann : Chanson favorite de la Reine Margot, Op.15 No.3

547 views · Published 14 January 2016 · 2:06 · Indexed 24 October 2026

Channel: PSearPianist · 2016 · Music

Phillip Sear plays a gracious dance in classical style by the French composer Georges Bachmann (1847(or 8) -94)
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The French composer Georges Bachmann (1847(or 8) -94) was the son of a piano manufacturer (in Tours, I believe). He studied piano locally, and later with Louis Lacombe (in Paris?), was recognised as a prodigy, and embarked on a tour of Germany and Russia. He was encouraged by such musicians as Vieuxtemps and Henri Wieniawski, and became a friend of Henselt in St. Petersburg. While still in his teens he became a professor of a musical institute there, and court pianist to Grand Duchess Marie. However, he found Russia too cold, and returned to France in 1867. Before then, he had written a piano concerto and a symphony, but once back in France he seems to have focused on salon music. Evocations of rustic dances were very popular in the French drawing room, and Bachmann was a master of the genre. This piece comes from a set of six salon pieces published in 1870. The title refers to Margaret of Valois (1553-1615) who was queen of France from 1589, and immortalised in Alexandre Dumas' 1845 novel 'La Reine Margot'. This piece actually sounds more 18th century than 16th century!
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Georges Bachmann : Chanson favorite de la Reine Margot, Op.15 No.3

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