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Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville
File:Juliette Folville, pianiste et compositeur.jpg
Background information
Born(1870-01-05)January 5, 1870
Liège, Belgium
Died28 October 1946(1946-10-28) (aged 76)
Occupation(s)Pianist, Violinist

Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville (born 5 January 1870, d. 28 October 1946) was a Belgian pianist, violinist, music educator, conductor and composer.

Life

Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville was born in Liège, Belgium, and began the study of music with her father who was a lawyer and amateur musician. She studied violin with Charles Malherbe, Ovide Musin and César Thomson and made her debut in Liège in 1879. She had a successful career on the concert stage, and in 1897 took a position teaching piano at the Royal Conservatory of Liège.

She lived for several years in London, and during World War II she lived and performed in Bournemouth.[1] She died in Dourgne on 28 October 1946.[2]

Works

Folville composed for theater, solo instruments, orchestra, chorus, and chamber ensemble. Selected works include:

Orchestral works

  • Scènes champêtres. 1re Suite d'orchestre, op. 9 (1885) : Aux Champs, Dans la montagne, Rêverie, Fête de village
  • Scènes de la mer. 2e Suite d'orchestre, op. 14 (1886) : Chanson du pêcheur, Nuit étoilée, Mer phosphorescente, Flots agités, Adieux à l'océan
  • Scènes d'hiver. 3e Suite d'orchestre, op. 17 (1887) : Ballade, La neige, Noël, Carnaval
  • Violin concerto in G Minor, op. 20 (1888)
  • Piano concerto in D Minor (1902–1903)
  • Concerstück for cello and orchestra (1905)
  • Impressions d'Ardenne, orchestral suite (1910)
  • Triptyque for violin and orchestra, or piano (ca. 1935)

Chamber and piano works

  • Souvenir de Mozart. 1re Sonatine (op. 7, 1881) and 2e Sonatine (op. 11, 1882)
  • Berceuse for violin and piano, op. 24 (1890)
  • En Ardenne. Esquisses pour piano (ca. 1910)
  • 1er Quatuor pour piano, op. 9 (1885)
  • Berceuse for cello and quartet accompaniment [s.d.]
  • Poème for cello and piano, or orchestra (ca.1908-1909)
  • Mazurka for violin and piano (1910)
  • Communion for organ (1912)
  • Verset sur le thème du «Tantum», 6e ton for organ (1912)

Choral and vocal works

  • Chants printaniers (1883–84)
  • Atala. Drame lyrique en deux actes (1891), libretto by Paul Collin. Creation at the Grand Théâtre de Lille on 3 March 1892.
  • Ewa. Légende Norwégienne, cantate pour soli, chœurs et accompagnement d'orchestre (ca. 1889), poem by Paul Collin.
  • Noce au Village, op. 13 (1886), for solo, choir and orchestra, words by Paul Collin.
  • Jean de Chimay. Drame lyrique en quatre actes, libretto by Alfred Billet, unfinished.

References

  1. ^ Folville , Juliette (Eugenie Emilie), Sophie Drinker Institute, retrieved 8 May 2014
  2. ^ « Folville, Juliette, Eugénie, Émilie », death certificat, n°24/1946, Tarn Department, commune of Dourgne.

Further reading

  • Fauve BOUGARD, "Le morceau sera signé J. Folville". Juliette Folville (1870–1946). Compositrice et interprète. Itinéraire d'une femme dans la Belgique musicale. Master thesis in musicology, Université libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), dir. Valérie Dufour, 2018.

External links


  1. ^ Exordia ad Missam: my lcckdown recordings. Online resource, accessed 21 July 2022.