6 Études de concert, Op. 35

• This collection was first published in 1886.¹
• Chaminade dedicated each of the etudes in this collection to a musical acquaintance (mostly pianists).²

Contents³

1. Scherzo. This etude is dedicated to a Monsieur G. Lewita. 

2. Automne. This etude is dedicated to Hélène Kryzanowska. 

3. Fileuse. This word indicates a female spinner; as in, a woman at a spinning wheel. This etude is dedicated to Louis Livon, who was a professor of piano at the Marseille Conservatoire.⁴

4. Appassionato. This etude is dedicated to Caroline Montigny-Rémaury. 

5. Impromptu. This etude is dedicated to Marguerite Lamoureux. She was the daughter of conductor Charles Lamoureux and wife of composer Camille Chevillard. 

6. Tarentelle. This etude is dedicated to Marie Jaëll. 

1. Marcia J. Citron, “Chaminade, Cécile,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed March 30, 2022, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000005388.
2. “6 Études de concert, Op.35 (Chaminade, Cécile),” IMSLP, accessed March 30, 2022, https://imslp.org/wiki/6_%C3%89tudes_de_concert%2C_Op.35_(Chaminade%2C_C%C3%A9cile).
3. Ibid.
4. Sabina Teller Ratner, Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921: A Thematic Catalogue of His Complete Works, Vol. 2 (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002), 52.