Leather Musical Portfolio with Silvered Metal Decorations
by [Bonaparte, Hortense Eugénie Cécile de Beauharnais. (1783 - 1837)]
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Composer and painter Hortense Eugénie Cécile de Beauharnais Bonaparte was born in Paris to the Visconte Alexandre de Beauharnais and Joséphine Tascher de la Pagerie. Her father was guillotined during the French Revolution when she was 11-years-old, and her mother, imprisoned during the Revolution, later began a courtship with the famous Napoleon Bonaparte, becoming the Empress Josephine in 1804. At boarding school, Hortense learned music and art, playing piano and studying with Steiblet, Mozin, and Jadin. She also sang and studied the harp and lyre with Dalvimare. She composed romances, primarily with medieval texts, many of which have survived and published her first songs in 1813.
Napoleon, now her stepfather, requested that Hortense marry his brother Louis Bonaparte who was appointed King of Holland. After their marriage they moved to Holland, but after the birth of their second son, Hortense remained in Paris and later, Switzerland. She often performed her own romances for the many visitors she entertained at her intimate home gatherings, including Franz Liszt and Lord Byron. Her set of 12 romances was dedicated to her brother, Prince Eugene. Her most famous composition, Partant pour la Syrie, was the national anthem of France when her son, Napoleon the Third, ruled. After 1814, with the defeat of the Empire and Napoleon's exile from France, Hortense was banished to Switzerland but her home continued to flourish as a center for French culture. She continued composing, publishing, drawing, and painting until her death at 54 from cancer.
Bonaparte's works are located at the music library in the Napoleon Museum at Arenenberg. Her drawings and paintings can also be found in their collections. One of Bonaparte's portraits can be found at Ash Lawn-Highland, the former Virginia home of James Monroe, who was President of the United States. Eliza Monroe's daughter, Hortensia Monroe Hay, was named in honor of Bonaparte.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21406
- Title
- Leather Musical Portfolio with Silvered Metal Decorations
- Author
- [Bonaparte, Hortense Eugénie Cécile de Beauharnais. (1783 - 1837)]
- Book Condition
- New Used; Like New
- Jacket Condition
- Used; Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- Ephemera :: History & Historiography :: Classical Music
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