Chretien: Scene Rustique for Oboe and Piano

Code: JP1006
ISMN: 979-0-3019-0140-3

The French composer, Hedwige Chretien (1859-1944) was appointed to a position as music professor at the Paris Conservatory in 1889, where she had previously been a composition student of Ernest Guiraud (who was also the teacher of Debussy and Dukas). In the concours of 1881, she won first prize in harmony, counterpoint and fugue. In other competitions she won first prize in piano and in composition. A prolific composer, her compositions, ca. 150 in all, consists mostly of vocal songs, piano pieces, orchestral and chamber works.

One of the most extensive collections of her work in the United States is held in the Women Composers Collection at the University of Michigan, which is available on microfilm from that and other libraries.

Scene Rustique was composed in 1921 and is approximately 6 minutes.