BENOIT, Francine Germaine van Gool

Portuguese pianist, choral conductor, music critic, teacher, writer and composer. Perigueux, France, July 30, 1894. She settled in Portugal in 1906 and took Portuguese nationality in 1929. She studied the piano and composition at the National Conservatory in Lisbon under Rey Colaco and Costa Ferreira and won first prize for harmony. In Paris she studied at the Schola Cantorum from 1917 to 1918 under Vincent d’Indy. She taught from 1920 and was choir conductor and teacher at the Academia dos...