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Donald Macleod surveys the life of nineteenth century French composer Mel Bonis, with a focus today on two dates , both of which would mark significant events, 1881 and 1883. Show more
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59 minutes
Donald Macleod surveys the life of nineteenth century French composer Mel Bonis, with a focus today on two dates , both of which would mark significant events, 1881 and 1883. Show more
59 minutes
Donald Macleod explores Mel Bonis's years of training at the Paris Conservatoire, where she rubbed shoulders with the likes of Debussy, and attended César Franck's organ classes Show more
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Donald Macleod considers why the Great War was especially difficult for Mel Bonis and how she expressed her emotional state through her music Show more
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Donald Macloed explores Mel Bonis's preoccupations, musical and otherwise, in later life. Bonis turned to writing music for her own pleasure and for her friends and family Show more
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Donald Macleod recounts how and why Mel Bonis came to find her musical training at an abrupt end. It was a circumstance that irrevocably changed the course of her life Show more