Forgotten Female Composers: Louise Farrenc

This portrait is part of an 8-part series of portraits of female composers. All having unjustly faded into obscurity. Yet, despite restrictions, they were stars in their time. Jeanne-Louise Dument, a composer, virtuoso pianist and teacher, was born in 1804 into a family of sculptors. She was a pupil of Ignaz Moscheles and Johann Nepomuk Hummel, two of the greatest pianists of their time and dul...