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  • Previous owners of various manuscripts in the collection include French pianist Alfred Cortot; cellist August Franchomme, a friend of Chopin's; Alma Mahler, the composer's widow; and Russian choreographer and ballet dancer Léonide Massine.

    Scores of Scores, From Mozart to Ravel Ellen Gamerman 2011

  • Previous owners of various manuscripts in the collection include French pianist Alfred Cortot; cellist August Franchomme, a friend of Chopin's; Alma Mahler, the composer's widow; and Russian choreographer and ballet dancer Léonide Massine.

    Scores of Scores, From Mozart to Ravel Ellen Gamerman 2011

  • Pergolesi, while Franchomme insisted on her having sung an air from

    Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians Walter Rowlands

  • On the other hand, if she had called, Chopin's friends would have kept her away from him, from the man who told Franchomme two days before his death, "She said to me that I would die in no arms but hers."

    Chopin : the Man and His Music James Huneker 1890

  • Chopin met Osborne, Mendelssohn -- who rather patronized him with his "Chopinetto," -- Baillot the violinist and Franchomme the

    Chopin : the Man and His Music James Huneker 1890

  • The pall-bearers were distinguished men, Meyerbeer, Delacroix, Pleyel and Franchomme -- at least Theophile Gautier so reported it for his journal.

    Chopin : the Man and His Music James Huneker 1890

  • The Grand Duo Concertant for 'cello and piano is jointly composed by Chopin and Franchomme on themes from "Robert le Diable."

    Chopin : the Man and His Music James Huneker 1890

  • "Well," was the answer of Franchomme, "but if I do you will have to play to me."

    Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician Niecks, Frederick 1888

  • Soon after this conversation, and not long after the new-comer's arrival in Paris, Chopin, Liszt, Hiller, and Franchomme dined together.

    Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician Niecks, Frederick 1888

  • Baillot, the veteran violinist; Franchomme, the young violoncellist; Brod, the oboe-player; and Tulou, the flutist.

    Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician Niecks, Frederick 1888

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