Anne-Noëlle Bailly Bouton
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Thesis subject summary

The unwritten revealed: the Art of Singing-Well on the Fortepiano according to Hélène de Montgeroult. A survey through the tutors published for the instrument in Paris between 1760 and 1822.

Key-words: Fortepiano – performance practice – tutors – Hélène de Montgeroult – French classical period

This survey aims to bring out the characteristics of fortepiano performance practice in France between 1760 and 1822, based on a study of the piano-tutors published in Paris during that period. Our first concern is to show the different views of the authors of those tutors, to what extent and in what ways these points of views differ, and if these differences justify speaking in terms of schools of fortepiano. Two names stand out: Jean-Louis Adam, author of the official piano tutor of the Conservatoire, and Hélène de Montgeroult, whose tutor is the most detailed, and the most consequential, in this period. We will also examine the question of whether this survey can have an impact on today’s fortepiano performance. We also will begin to sketch the evolution of French fortepiano performance practice throughout that 60-year period, which saw the development of paying public concerts, while continued amateur participation in the salons, often of high quality, had an important place in musical life, and the idea of the pianist as a virtuoso began to develop. During this period there was also a trend toward a change in repertory, from the sonata to smaller pieces (nocturnes, preludes and, of course, studies) as well as to shorter genres like the pot-pourri.

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Publications and interview

  • «Piano postures at the beginning of the 19th century in France: consistency between instruction and depiction», Musical Body Conference, Institute of Musical Research, London, UK, April 22-24 2009.
  • « Quelques aspects du rapport maître-élève dans les méthodes de piano-forte publiées à Paris. 1780-1830 », Journée de séminaire d’Histoire de l’Art et de Musicologie de Master2 Maîtres et élèves, Université de Poitiers, GÉRHICO, Équipe Modèles et Transferts Artistiques, 12 février 2009.
  • «From C. P. E. Bach to Chopin: the art of tempo rubato according to Hélène de Montgeroult», Performing Romantic Music Conference, Durham University, UK, July 10-13 2008. (Conference proccedings to be published.)
  • « Les portraits de pianistes devant leur instrument. Quelle cohérence entre prescription et représentation ? (Pianists portraits before their instruments. What is the consistency between instruction and depiction? », Ancient music seminar: Musical iconography : readings, descriptions, typologies, topics and uses of sources, Université de Toulouse-Mirail, May 30 2008.
  • « Review : Hélène de Montgeroult. La Marquise et la Marseillaise, by Jérôme Dorival, Lyon : Symétrie, 2006», Revue de Musicologie, 93 (2007), p. 497-501.
  • Entry in the Dictionnaire de la musique en France au 19e siècle, ed. Joël-Marie Faucquet, Paris, Fayard, 2003. : «Montgeroult, Hélène-Antoinette-Marie de Nervo, Mme de».
  • In collaboration with Florence GETREAU : «A portrait presumed to be of Hélène de Montgeroult in the former collection of A. P. de Mirimonde», in Musique, Images, Instruments, ed. Florence Gétreau, I (1995), p. 68-75.
  • « Improvisation in the works of Grétry, as found in his Méthode simple pour apprendre à préluder », Bulletin de la Société Liégeoise de Musicologie, ed. Philippe Vendrix, 86 (1994), p. 5-13.
  • « Contemporary musical practice in Protestantism », radio broadcast with David Alonso, Fréquence Protestante, 1st semestre 1995.

Biography

Anne-Noëlle Bailly-Bouton did piano studies at the National Conservatoire of Douai (North of France) in Catherine Henry’s class and got improvement in Paris with Wilfredo Voguet. She graduated from the Music Department of the University of Paris IV-Sorbonne and completed her Master’s degree at the University of Toulouse II-Le Mirail. She started a doctorate on pianoforte performance practices as seen in the tutors published in Paris between 1760 and 1822. This work was directed by Jean Gribenski (Poitiers), Philippe Canguilhem and Jean-Christophe Maillard (Toulouse). In parallel, she works as a choir director, having studied with masters such as Philippe Caillard, Jean-Marc Andrieu (France) and Gunnar Eriksson (Sweden).

Curriculum Vitae

Music education teacher, Collège La Clairière, academic years 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2nd trimester 2007-2008.
Holder of "Capes Éducation musicale et chant choral" (Music Education Teacher Degree), June 26 2010. Has taught in Junior High since sept. 2010. Currently on a leave of absence during the academic year 2016-2017, in order to complete a Master's Degree in Teaching French to Foreigners: Master 2 ADFLE, UT2J (Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès).

Choir director:

*sept 2015-present: Men In Brax, men's choir, Brax.
*dec 2014-present: Mil' et Une Notes, 4-part choir, Bagnères-de-Luchon.
*jan 2013-june 2014: vocal ensemble Arc-en-Ciel, 4-part choir, Lévignac.
*nov. 2009-june 2010: Les Castelfiores, women's choir, Castelnau-d'Estretefonds.
*sept. 2009-june 2011: L'Isle-en-Choeur, 3-part gospel choir, L'Isle-Jourdain.
* april 12th-19th, 2008: choir leader assistant, Petits Chanteurs à la Croix Potencée de Toulouse (April holidays singing training session and tour).
* sept. 2002-june 2008: women's choir, Association 7 animés, Toulouse.
* sept. 2002-june 2015: Chorale du Saves, 4-part choir, Samatan.

Academic studies:

Doctor’s in Musicology, not achieved: Les méthodes de piano-forte en France de 1760 à 1822.

Master's Degree: DEA Histoire de l’Art et Musicologie, june 2003, mention Très Bien : Le cours d’enseignement pour le piano-forte d’Hélène de Montgeroult : perspectives pour une recherche sur les pratiques d’exécution au travers des méthodes pour l’instrument publiées à Paris entre 1760 et 1822, under the direction of Jésus Aguila et Jean Gribenski, Université de Toulouse II-Le Mirail.

Maîtrise de Musique, oct. 1993, mention Très Bien avec Félicitations : La vie et l’œuvre d’Hélène de Montgeroult, 1764-1836, under the direction of Jean Gribenski, Université de Paris IV-Sorbonne.

Musical studies:

Music theory : 1er prix, Conservatoires de la Ville de Paris, 1991.
Piano : DFE, Conservatoires de la Ville de Paris, 1989.
Chamber music : DFE Ensemble Vents, 1986, CNR de Douai.
Composition : Diplôme de 2nd cycle, 1998, Conservatoire de Bobigny, classe de Jacques Dauchy.
Musical acoustics : Prix de 1e année, mention Très Bien, 1995, CNSMDP, classe de Michèle Castellengo.

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