Anne Terrier Laffaille

Anne Terrier Laffaille (22 July 1904 – 22 December 1971) was a French^[1] composer^[2] and founding member of Groupe Melos.^[3][4]

Terrier Laffaille was born in Laval.^[5] She studied music with Vincent d'Indy at the Schola Cantorum de Paris.^[6] In 1950, Terrier Laffaille joined Robert Caby and Marcel Despard to form Groupe Melos. The group adopted Erik Satie's motto "our music is guaranteed playable." Its manifesto stated "enough intellectual esthetics, enough scholarly [pedanticism], down with modern music, down with music for technique's sake, long live music for the people!"^[7] Supported by composers Francis Poulenc and Henri Sauguet, Groupe Melos presented one concert, then faded away.^[4]

Terrier Laffaille's music was published by Charles Mayol, Éditions Alphonse Leduc, and Gauthier. Her compositions include:^[6]

Orchestra

• Prelude pour la Mort de la Terre

Piano

• Derniers Murmures du Soir
• Et Comment (polka-march)
• Italie en Deuil
• Marche des Insoouciants
• Menuet Bleu
• Mogador (march)
• Sonata

Vocal

• "C'est la Femme"
• "Ca r'vient Cher"
• "Comprendre"
• "Convoi"
• "Filial Amour"
• "Je suis Marcheuse"
• "Ou Donc Tu Vas?"
• "Tres Content!"

References

1. Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
2. Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980). Women composers : a checklist of works for the solo voice. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall. ISBN 0-8161-8498-4. OCLC 6815939.
3. "Anne Terrier-Lafaille (1904-1971)". data.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-29.
4. "Piano works by Robert Caby". www.fogwall.com. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
5. Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.
6. Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
7. Jolas, Eugène (2009). Eugene Jolas: Critical Writings, 1924-1951. Northwestern University Press. ISBN 978-0-8101-2581-0.