Louise Pauline Marie Héritte-Viardot (14 December 1841 – 17 January 1918) was a French singer, pianist, conductor and composer. She was born in Paris, the eldest child of
Pauline Viardot-Garcia and Louis Viardot, niece of
Maria Malibran and sister to composer and conductor
Paul Viardot.[1]
In 1863 Viardot married Ernest Héritte, Honorary Consul and Chancellor of the Embassy of France in
Bern. Her performing career was ended by illness, and with the help of
Clara Schumann, she found a teaching position as a singing teacher at the
Hoch Conservatory. She died in
Heidelberg.[2][3]
Works
Héritte-Viardot composed mostly chamber music pieces and orchestral works and symphonies, many of which are lost. Selected works include:
Arme kleine Liebe (in Drei Lieder) (Text: Anna Ritter)
Der Schmied, op. 8 no. 5 (Text: Johann Ludwig Uhland)
Erlösung (Text: Anna Ritter)
Saphiren sind die Augen dein (in 6 Lieder) (Text: Heinrich Heine)
Sehnsucht (Text: Anna Ritter)
Sérénade (Text: J. Bertrand)
Tag und Nacht (in Drei Lieder) (Text: Gustav Renner)
Unter'm Machendelbaum (in Drei Lieder) (Text: Ernst von Wildenbruch)[4]
Sonata for cello and piano opus 40, (1909)
Die Bajadere, cantata for chorus and orchestra
Wonne des Himmels, cantata for soloists, chorus and orchestra
Das Bacchusfest, cantata for chorus and orchestra, 1880
Lindoro, comic opera in one act, 1879
Quartet for piano and strings, No. 1 in A Major, Opus 9, Im Sommer, 1883;
Quartet for piano and strings, No. 2 in D major, Op 11, Spanish Quartet, 1883
Quartet for piano and strings, No. 3, 1879
Her works have been recorded and issued on CD, including:
Manuel García Junior (1805–1906), singer, composer, singing teacher; married Cécile Maria "Eugénie" Mayer (1814–1880)
Manuel García (1836–1885)
Gustave García (1837–1925), baritone and singing teacher; married Emily Matilda Ann Martorell (1835–?)
Alberto García (1875–1946), baritone
Eugenie Harouel (1840–1924)
Marie Crèpet (1842–1867)
Maria Malibran (1808–1836), singer; married Francois Eugene Malibran (1781–1836) (no children); married
Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802–1870), composer, violinist