Composer
Mel Bonis
French composer (1858-1937)
1858–1937
24 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1858
- Died
- 1937
- Birthplace
- Paris
- Place of death
- Sarcelles
- Citizenship / historical state
- France
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Romantic
Biography
Mélanie Hélène "Mel" Bonis (21 January 1858 – 18 March 1937) was a prolific French late-Romantic composer. She wrote more than 300 pieces, including works for piano solo and four hands, organ pieces, chamber music, mélodies, choral music, a mass, and works for orchestra. She attended the Paris Conservatoire, where her teachers included César Franck, Ernest Guiraud, and Auguste Bazille.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- composer
- Education
- Conservatoire de Paris
- Movements
- Romantic music; modern classical music
- Official website
- https://www.mel-bonis.com/
- Birth name
- Mélanie-Hélène Bonis
- Pseudonym
- Mel Bonis
- Languages used
- French
- VIAF ID
- 116814298
- ISNI
- 0000000368636155; 0000000121039906; 0000000368636163
- GND ID
- 122261836
- Library of Congress ID
- n81005032
- MusicBrainz ID
- f5fc67fc-acdc-477b-a4e8-daa018d41856
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Flute, Piano Four Hands
- Source entries with composition dates
- 3
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pavane, sarabande et bourrée | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Romance sans paroles | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Variations | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Carillon mystique | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| La Chanson du Rouet | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| valse | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Il pleut | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Suite en forme de valses | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Tambours et clairons | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Barcarolle-Etude | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Méditation | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Pensées d'automne | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| 5 pièces pour piano | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Suite en trio |
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| View sheet music |
| Viennoise | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| La Cathédrale blessée |
| See edition details | View sheet music |
| Les Gitanos, valse espagnole pour piano à 4 mains |
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| View sheet music |
| Mélisande | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Phoebé | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| 6 pièces à 4 mains | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Près du ruisseau | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Salomé | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Scherzo | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Sevilliana | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 116814298. Portrait: Unidentified photographer, probably Paris, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.