CLOTILDE KLEEBERG (CLOTILDE KLEEBERG-SAMUEL)
(PARIS, 27 JUNE 1866 – BRUSSELS, 7 FEBRUARY 1909)
The daughter of Martin Kleeberg and Henriette Cahn, natives of Germany,
she was born in Paris. She began taking private piano lessons at the age of
five and later studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Louise Massart. She
received first prizes at the Conservatoire in 1877 and 1878 and went on to further
studies with Théodore Dubois. She performed her first concert in Paris in
December 1878 in front of an audience of 4000 people. She went on to perform
throughout Europe from 1881 to 1909. She was also very popular in England.
Théodore Dubois dedicated his Six Poèmes Sylvestres to Kleeberg. As well as
works by composers such as Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schumann and Chopin, she
also played compositions by Cécile Chaminade, Camille Saint-Saëns, Friedrich
Gernsheim, Max d'Ollone, Eduard Schütt and Ernst Eduard Taubert. In 1894, she
was named an Officier d'Académie and, in 1900, an Officier de l'Instruction
Publique. The French composer Camille Saint-Saëns considered her to be a
brilliant pianist and Clara Schumann also commented favourably on her playing.
In 1900, she married Belgian sculptor Charles Samuel. The couple settled in
Brussels. Kleeburg died in Brussels at the age of 42 following a
tour through Switzerland, possibly from pneumonia.
TRACKLIST
Clotilde Kleeberg made 8 Welte-Mignon piano
rolls
1. 449 WELTE-MIGNON MOSZKOWSKI - Liebeswalzer
(Love-Waltz) Op. 57, No. 5
2. 451 WELTE-MIGNON SAINT-SAENS - Valse
mignonne, Op. 104, Eb
3. 454 WELTE-MIGNON CHOPIN - Etude, Op. 10, No.
8, F
4. 455 WELTE-MIGNON CHOPIN - Impromptu No. 1,
Op. 29, Ab
5. 457 WELTE-MIGNON BEETHOVEN - Variations on
an Original Theme, Op. 34, F
6. 458 WELTE-MIGNON MENDELSSOHN - Duetto, Op.
38, No. 6, Ab (Songs w o Words)
