What is the name of the popular female composer and pianist from France (1857-1944), who was very popular in her time, who wrote songs, short romantic piano pieces and some chamber works that are today forgotten? She recorded a few in 1903, and those are very sought after as collector items.

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Cécile Louise Stéphanie Chaminade was born in Paris in 1857 and died in Monte Carlo in 1944. In the course of her long life, Chaminade produced around 350 works including a comic opera, a ballet, a choral symphony entitled Les Amazones, chamber and orchestral music, and about a hundred songs. But the area in which she excelled and was most productive was the short lyric piano piece, and many of these became very popular, bringing her considerable commercial success and fame in France, Britain and the USA. http://www.classical-composers.org/comp/chaminad Apr 04 08, 6:10 AM