Andrée Bonhomme Andrée Marie Clémence Bonhomme (1 December 1905 – 1 March 1982) was a Dutch composer. Life Andrée Bonhomme was born in Maastricht and studied music theory and composition at the Maastricht Gielen Music Lyceum with Henri Hermansat and at The Hague. She received a teaching certificate in 1927 and made her debut as a pianist and composer with the Maastricht Municipal Orchestra in 1928. From 1928-40 she took summer courses with Darius Milhaud in Paris. After completing her studies, Bonhomme worked as a composer and as a pianist with the Maastricht Orchestra, and in 1932 took a position teaching music theory and piano at the Heerlen music school. Bonhomme wrote a number of works and songs on French texts, but her career declined during the World War II, as she refused to sign a "non-Jewish declaration". She was forced to resign from her orchestra position, and performance of her works was restricted to house concerts. In 1972 she received a royal honor. Bonhomme died in a nursing home fire in Brunssum. A string quartet apparently commissioned by Matty Niël and completed in February 1957 was posthumously premiered at the Limburg Composer Day in 1989. Her papers are housed in the Dutch Institute of Music in The Hague. Works Bonhomme composed 51 works from 1920-1955. Selected works include: Drie schetsen, 1928 Pièce en forme de sonatine for violoncello and piano, 1943 Quatre Melodies Tristan Klingsor, 1955 Sheherazade, song cycle, 1960 La Flute de jade Chansons de flûte Berceuse Le tombeau d’Antar External links Collection Andrée Bonhomme in the Netherlands Music Institute References Category:1905 births Category:1982 deaths Category:Dutch female classical composers Category:Dutch classical composers Category:20th-century classical composers Category:Dutch music educators Category:Piano pedagogues Category:Musicians from Maastricht Category:Pupils of Darius Milhaud Category:20th-century women musicians