TAILLEFERRE, Germaine
(1892–1983)> PROFESSOR · COMPOSER
TAILLEFERRE, Germaine French professor and composer. Parc Saint-Maur, near Paris, April 19, 1892; Paris, November 7, 1983. Against parental opposition, she attended the Paris Conservatoire from 1904, where she was a pupil of Widor, Dallier and Causcade and won first prizes for solfege, harmony, counterpoint and accompaniment. She was a pupil of Milhaud, Koechlin and later Ravel. She made Satie’s acquaintance and in 1918 became the only female member of the group known as ‘Les Six’, together…