Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville
Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville (born 5 January 1870, d. 19 or 28 October 1946) was a Belgian pianist, violinist, music educator, conductor and composer.
Life
Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville was born in Liege, 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 Liege in 1879. She had a successful career on the concert stage, and in 1897 took a position teaching piano at the Liege Conservatory.
She lived for several years in London, and during World War II she lived and performed in Bournemouth.[1] Her place of death is uncertain, but thought to be Castres or Dourgne, on 19 or 28 October 1946.[2][3]
Works
Folville composed for theater, solo instruments, orchestra, chorus, and chamber ensemble. Selected works include:
Orchestral works
- Scènes champêtres for orchestra (1st Suite for orchestra) (1885) : Aux Champs, Dans la montagne, Rêverie, Fête de village[4]
- Scènes d'hiver for orchestra (2nd Suite for orchestra)
- Scènes de la mer for orchestra (3rd Suite for orchestra)
- Oceano Nox, symphonic poem
- Symphony (incomplete ?)[5]
- Violin Concerto (Concertstück for violin and orchestra)
- Piano Concerto in D minor[6]
- Triptych for cello and orchestra
- Concertstuck pour Violoncelle (Concert piece for cello) and orchestra (1905)[7]
- Incidental Music for « Jean de Chimay » (1905)
Chamber and Piano Works
- 2 Sonatinas for piano (1881–82)
- Berceuse for violin and piano (1884)
- En Ardenne, sketches for piano[6]
- Piano Quartet[4]
- Suite Poetique for violin
- Violin Sonata[5]
- Mazurka for violin and piano
- Triptych for violin and piano (manuscript. Bruxelles, Bibliothèque du Conservatoire)
- Concertstück for cello and piano (and for two pianos)
- Communion for organ[8]
Choral and Vocal Works
- Chants printaniers (1883–84)
- Attala (1892) opera, libretto by Paul Collin
- Eva, drama for soprano, choir and piano
- La Noce au Village, cantata
References
- ^ Folville , Juliette (Eugenie Emilie), Sophie Drinker Institute, retrieved 8 May 2014
- ^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
- ^ Hubbard, William Lines; Andrews, George W.; Dickinson, Edward (1908). The American history and encyclopedia of music.
- ^ a b Dictionnaire des femmes belges: XIXe et XXe siècles, 2006-01-01, ISBN 9782873864347
- ^ a b Folville, Juliette
- ^ a b Folvile, Juliette
- ^ List of compositions
- ^ Juliette Folville, Communion
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