Louise Talma, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Louise Talma

American composer

Date of Birth: 31-Oct-1906

Place of Birth: Arcachon, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Date of Death: 13-Aug-1996

Profession: composer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Louise Juliette Talma (October 31, 1906 (?) – August 13, 1996) was an American composer, academic, and pianist.
After studies in New York and in France, piano with Isidor Philipp and composition with Nadia Boulanger, she focused on composition from 1935.
She taught at the American Conservatory in Fontainebleau, and at Hunter College.
Her opera The Alcestiad was the first full-scale opera by an American woman staged in Europe.
She was the first women in the National Institute of Arts and Letters and being awarded the Sibelius Medal for Composition.