Editing Pauline Viardot (section)

==Compositions==
[[File:Viardot Pluchart.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Pauline Viardot (1853), by [[Eugène Pluchart]]]]
Viardot began composing when she was young, but it was never her intention to become a composer. Her compositions were written mainly as private pieces for her students with the intention of developing their vocal abilities. She did the bulk of her composing after her retirement at [[Baden-Baden]]. However, her works were of professional quality and [[Franz Liszt]] declared that, with Pauline Viardot, the world had finally found a woman composer of genius.<ref name=Steen>{{cite book|first=Michael|last=Steen|year=2007|title=Enchantress of Nations: Pauline Viardot – Soprano, Muse and Lover|location=Thriplow|publisher=Icon|isbn=978-1-84046-843-4}}</ref>

Having as a young girl studied with Liszt and with the music theorist and composer [[Anton Reicha]], she was both an outstanding pianist and a complete all-around professional musician. Between 1864 and 1874 she wrote three salon operas – ''Trop de femmes'' (1867), ''L'ogre'' (1868), and ''[[Le dernier sorcier]]'' (1869), all to libretti by [[Ivan Turgenev]] – and over fifty ''Lieder''.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Harris |first=Rachel Miller |title=The music salon of Pauline Viardot: featuring her salon opera Cendrillon |publisher=Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College |year=2005 |pages=20 |language=English}}</ref> Her remaining two salon operas – ''Le conte de fées'' (1879), and ''[[Cendrillon (Viardot)|Cendrillon]]'' (1904, when she was 83) – were to her own libretti.  The operas may be small in scale; however, they were written for advanced singers and some of the music is difficult.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}

'''Opera'''
* ''Trop de femmes'' (libretto by [[Ivan Turgenev]], 1867)
* ''L'ogre'' (Turgenev, 1868)
* ''[[Le dernier sorcier]]'' (Turgenev, 1869)
* ''Le conte de fées'' (own libretto, 1879)
* ''[[Cendrillon (Viardot)|Cendrillon]]'' (own libretto, 1904)

[[Image:Pauline Viardot Denkmal Baden Baden (fcm).jpg|thumb|Bust of Viardot 2004 by [[Birgit Stauch]] in [[Baden-Baden]]]]

'''Choral'''
* ''Choeur bohémien''
* ''Choeur des elfes''
* ''Choeur de fileuses''
* ''La Jeune République''

'''Songs'''
* ''Album de Mme Viardot-Garcia''  (1843)
* ''L'Oiseau d'or'' (1843)
* ''12 Mazurkas for voice and piano'' – based on [[Frédéric Chopin]]'s works (1848)
* ''Duo'', 2 solo voices and piano (1874)
* ''100 songs'' including ''5 Gedichte'' (1874)
* ''4 Lieder'' (1880)
* ''5 Poésies toscanes-paroles'' by L. Pomey (1881)
* ''6 Mélodies'' (1884)
* ''Airs italiens du XVIII siècle'' (trans. L. Pomey) (1886)
* ''6 chansons du XVe siècle''
* ''Album russe''
* ''Canti popolari toscani''
* Vocal arrangements of instrumental works by [[Johannes Brahms]], [[Joseph Haydn]] and [[Franz Schubert]]
[[File:Pauline Viardot.jpg|thumb|{{center|Lithograph of Pauline Garcia by [[Bernard-Romain Julien]]}}]]
'''Instrumental'''
* ''2 airs de ballet'' for piano (1885)
* ''Défilé bohémien'' for piano 4 hands (1885)
* ''Introduction et polonaise'' for piano 4 hands (1874)
* ''Marche militaire'' for 2 flutes and piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 brass choirs (1868)
* ''Mazourke'' for piano (1868)
* ''6 morceaux'' for violin and piano (1868)
* ''Second album russe'' for piano (1874)
* Sonatine for violin and piano (1874)
* ''Suite arménienne'' for piano for four hands

'''Source:''' Rachel M. Harris, ''The Music Salon of Pauline Viardot''<ref name="harris"/>