TAILLEFERRE, Germaine

Born in Parc-St-Maur, near Paris, April 19, 1892 
Died in Paris, Nov 7, 1983 

• Tailleferre was a piano prodigy as well as a composer. She studied at the Paris Conservatory, where she met future fellow-members of Les Six: Auric, Honegger and Milhaud. 
• Erik Satie discovered Tailleferre’s  Jeux de plein air in 1917, and he loved it so much that he called Tailleferre his “musical daughter” and promoted her career. 
• Tailleferre was the only woman composer in the early 20^th-century group of French composers known as Les Six. She appears in the lower left-hand corner of this famous group portrait of Les Six. 
• Tailleferre’s works include comic operas, radio and film scores, incidental music, orchestral music, chamber music, songs, and a number of works for children.¹

Biography from Wise Music Classical 

1. Robert Orledge, “Tailleferre, Germaine,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed June 24, 2021,  https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000027390.