Louise Béguin-Salomon

Louise Béguin-Salomon (9 April 1831 – 12 November 1916) was a French pianist and composer of the late Romantic period.

Life and career
Louise-Frédérique Cohen (dite Salomon) was born on 9 April 1831 in Marseille, France. She attended the Conservatoire de Paris beginning in July 1843. She was a piano student of the composer and pianist Louise Farrenc, who taught at the Conservatoire. While attending the Conservatoire, Béguin-Salomon won numerous prizes, including first prize for piano in 1851. Béguin-Salomon was active as both a pianist and composer. She composed numerous pieces for piano, including La Bal breton: Quadrille brillant et facile (1849), Mazurka de Salon (1875), and Petite suite des pièces faciles dans le style classique (1894). In addition, Béguin-Salomon arranged the Andante movement of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's String Quartet No. 1 for piano in 1853. In his Biographie universelle des musiciens, François-Joseph Fétis described her as becoming "one of the best pianists in Paris, one of the artists most beloved by the public."

For Piano Solo

 * La Bal breton, quadrille brillant et facile (1849)
 * Le Mysoli, bluette pour piano, Op. 11 (1853)
 * Morceau de salon pour piano, Op. 12 (1854)
 * Étude de concert pour la main gauche pour piano, Op. 14 (1859)
 * Caprice étude en la (1860)
 * Marine, Op. 22 (1874)
 * Mazurka de salon (1875)
 * Élégie (1889)
 * Tarentelle (1893)
 * Petite suite de pièces faciles dans le style classique (1894)

For Piano 4 Hands

 * Berceuses (1893)