Boissonet, Mlle. Alice
(1857–1932)
Boissonet, Mlle. AliceBoissonet, AliceAlice Boissonet (B * EL BIAR, ALGERIA, 1857 – D † PARIS, 1932) Marie Jenny Henriette Alice Boissonet de la Touche, singer, and student in Fauré's harmony class. In a letter to Camille Clerc, Fauré admits having a crush on her, calling her the »spring rose of the month of May.« She was also a close friend and in-law of Charles Gounod (1818 – 1893). In 1881 she married Henri de Lassus Saint-Geniès (1851 – 1896, Gounod's grandson); they had six sons. She is…