Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville

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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 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. 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:

Attala (1873) opera, libretto by Paul Collin
Suite Poetique for violin
Eva, drama for soprano choir and piano

References

↑ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). Retrieved 10 December 2010.
↑ Andrews, William Lines (1908). The American history and encyclopedia of music.

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Name	Folville, Eugine Emilie Juliette
Alternative names
Short description	Composer
Date of birth	5 January 1870
Place of birth	Liege, Belgium
Date of death	October 1946
Place of death

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