Clémence de Grandval

Her father was an Officier de la Légion d'honneur and a talented pianist, while her mother wrote and published stories.

[3] Her parents received many composers and artists, including Jean-Baptiste-Philémon de Cuvillon, Auguste-Joseph Franchomme, Louis-Nicolas Cary and Paul Scudo.

At a very young age, she received composition lessons from composer and family friend Friedrich Flotow, and later studied with Frédéric Chopin.

[3] She subsequently studied for two years with Camille Saint-Saëns (he dedicated his Oratorio de Noel to her),[1] and continued to work as a composer after her marriage.

Grandval was the recipient of the inaugural Prix Rossini, winning in 1881 with her librettist Paul Collin.