Colette Maze, doyenne of pianists, has passed aged 109

Question

Colette Maze was a French pianist and teacher, best known for her amazingly long carreer, probably the longest ever, spanning over one century. She started studying the piano at age 5, and she never stopped, releasing her last recording for her 109th birthday, and practising daily until her recent death.

I created her profile and just added her parents so far. She had among her teachers in Paris Nadia Boulanger, another notable figure of 20th century French musical landscape, who has so far a sketchy and unlinked profile.

Any help with connecting those two notable women to the Big Tree will be welcome. Familiarity with French language and sources needed, of course.

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Thanks for this, Bernard. I'm no help connecting in France, sorry, but I've added two images to the profile for Nadia Boulanger, who conducted a performance of Fauré's Requiem which is a favourite of mine.

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Thanks Jim. She looks great!

Answer 1

You'll find some of her ascendants and family members on https://gw.geneanet.org/rivallainf?lang=fr&m=A&p=colette+claire&n=saulnier&siblings=on&notes=on&t=T&v=6&image=on&marriage=on&full=on or https://gw.geneanet.org/rivallainf?n=saulnier&oc=&p=colette+claire.

Thanks for keeping her memory alive.

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Thanks Dominique.

There are indeed quite a bunch of Geneanet trees featuring Colette. She's also in Roglo data base, hence potentially connected, but the paths Roglo is providing are long, tortuous and ill-sourced (as often).

I have a better potential with this other Geneanet profile of Emile Maze, Colette's husband : https://gw.geneanet.org/allaine3?lang=fr&pz=maryline&nz=barrier&p=emile+fernand&n=maze, featuring his three marriages.

According to this tree, his first wife Reine Flambard had an English great-grandmother Fanny Etheridge, probably daughter of Henry Etheridge and Sarah Gregory, from Hampshire, England.

This might be the quickest sidetrack for connection. But the profiles in this Etheridge branch are just GEDCOM legacy sitting there since 2011, mostly unsourced. Maybe an opportunity to clean up that branch ...

Answer 2

Sry  to hear about her passing.