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Marie Prestat

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Marie Joséphine Claire Prestat (1862–1933) was a French organist, pianist, composer and teacher. She was a native of Paris where she spent her entire life.[1][2] She is known principally as a composer of organ and piano music, vocal works, and pedagogical texts.

Training

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Marie Prestat began advanced musical studies at a young age at the Conservatoire de Paris. In 1876 - at the age of 14 - she was awarded the Conservatoire's highest diploma (Premier Prix) in Solfège.[3]

Among her teachers at the Conservatoire were:

Marie Prestat was the first female Conservatoire student to gain five Premier Prix.[3]

Later years

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Teacher

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Prestat's work as a teacher was recognised in 1895 by the French State awarding her the Ordre des Palmes Académiques.[3] From that time onwards her teaching career was spent largely at the Schola Cantorum in Paris where she taught the organ (1895-7) and piano (1901–22).[4]

Organist

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By 1912 Prestat was organist of the Association des Concerts Spirituels at the Sorbonne.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Archives numérisées d'état civil de Paris, 1862, 5e arr., acte de naissance n° 1348, vue 6/31'. Online resource, accessed 29 March 2020
  2. ^ Archives numérisées d'état civil de Paris, 1933, 10e arr., acte de décès n° 3775, vue 13/31. Online resource, accessed 29 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Constant Pierre (1900) Le Conservatoire national de musique et de déclamation : documents historiques et administratifs / recueillis ou reconstitués. (Paris, Imprimerie nationale), p. 834.
  4. ^ Vincent D'Indy (1927) La Schola cantorum, son histoire depuis sa fondation jusqu'en 1925 (Paris, Bloud & Gay), p.201.
  5. ^ Joseph Joubert (1912–14) Les Maîtres contemporains de l'orgue (Paris, M. Sénart), vol. IV, p.7.
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Details of works by Marie Prestat, including some public domain scores and texts, can be found online at: