Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville

Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville (b. 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 Cezar Thompson 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. Her place of death is uncertain, but thought to be Castres or Dourgne, on 19 or 28 October 1946.[1][2]

Works

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

References

  1. ^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994) (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. http://books.google.com/books?id=IvoQQU1QL_QC&pg=PA172&dq=Eug%C3%A9nie-Emilie+Juliette+Folville+(1870%E2%80%931946)&hl=en&ei=IFwCTYyPHMG78gali_3oAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 10 December 2010. 
  2. ^ Andrews, William Lines (1908). The American history and encyclopedia of music.