Germaine Poliakov
Germaine Poliakov | |
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 Germain Poliakov in 1961 | |
| Born | Germaine Rousso 15 December 1918 |
| Died | 19 February 2020 (aged 101) |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Music instructor |
Germaine Poliakov (15 December 1918 — 19 February 2020) was an Ottoman-born French music teacher and Holocaust survivor.
Biography[edit]
Poliakov was born Germaine Rousso in 1918 in present-day Istanbul, but emigrated to France with her parents at the age of two.[1] She went into hiding from the Gestapo in Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne,[2] and worked as a teacher for a hidden colony of Jewish children.[3] She gave birth to three children in 1942, 1943, and 1944.[4][5]
After the war, Germaine married the historian Léon Poliakov in 1947, with whom she bore a son in 1960. She founded the Chorale Accord in Massy in 1960.[6] Léon died in 1997.[7][8]
Germaine Poliakov died on 19 February 2020 at the age of 101.[9]
Works[edit]
- Initiation à la lecture mélodique : une nouvelle approche du solfège (1979)
- Psaume 92 (v. 13-16) : liturgie hébraïque [pour chœur à 4 voix mixtes (1979)[10][11]
- Chanter d'abord : solfège, initiation débutants : livre du maître (1984)[12][13]
- Chanter d'abord : solfège, initiation débutants : livre de l'élève (1984)[14]
Honors[edit]
- Knight of the Legion of Honour (2012)[15]
References[edit]
- ^ Markman, Eliel (2012). Germaine Poliakov-Rousso: une vie engagée.
- ^ "Comité Français pour Yad Vashem" (in French). 18 October 1999. Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ "Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaïsme" (PDF). Hôtel de Saint-Aignan (in French). 5 December 2015.
- ^ "Juliette Lévy née Kahn". Les Amis de la Fondation de la Résistance (in French).
- ^ "Discours au Mémorial". Cairn.info (in French). 1 February 2006.
- ^ "La Chorale Massy". Chorale Accord Massy (in French).
- ^ "Rencontre / Hommage à Léon Poliakov (1910-1997)". Le Parisien (in French). 24 March 2016.
- ^ "Libre opinion". La Croix (in French). 18 December 1997.
- ^ "Germaine POLIAKOV née ROUSSO - Avis de décès - Simplifia". www.simplifia.fr (in French). Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^ "PSAUME 92 (v. 13-16)". Éditions À Coeur Joie (in French). Archived from the original on 4 August 2017.
- ^ "Psaume 92 (v. 13-16)". BnF Catalogue général (in French). 1979.
- ^ "Chanter d'abord". Jean-Michel Bardez (in French).
- ^ "Chanter d'abord [Musique imprimée] : solfège : initiation débutants : livre du maître / Germaine Poliakov". BnF Catalogue général (in French). 1984.
- ^ "Chanter d'abord [Musique imprimée] : solfège : initiation débutant : livre de l'élève / Germaine Poliakov". BnF Catalogue général (in French). 1984.
- ^ "Décret du 14 novembre 2012 portant promotion et nomination". Legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). 14 November 2012.
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