Thérèse Wartel

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Atala Thérèse Annette Wartel, née Adrien, (born Paris, 2 July 1814, died Paris 6 November 1865) was a French pianist, music educator, composer and critic.[1]

Biography

Thérèse Wartel was the daughter of a violinist at the Grand Opera, and leader of the Paris Conservatoire orchestra. She studied music at the Conservatoire, became an accompanist, and from 1831-38 was a professor at the Conservatoire. She was the first female soloist ever admitted at the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire in 1838.[2] She composed studies including Lessons on the Pianoforte Sonatas of Beethoven. Her husband was François Wartel, and their son Émile performed for many years at the Théâtre-Lyrique, and also established a vocal school of his own.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Fétis F-J. Biographie universelle des musiciens. Vol II. Paris, 1878.
  2. ↑ Grotjahn, Rebecca; Heitmann, Christin (2006). "Louise Farrenc und die Klassik-Rezeption in Frankreich". Retrieved 3 October 2010. 
  3. ↑ "Page:A Dictionary of Music and Musicians vol 4.djvu/399". Retrieved 3 October 2010. 
  4. ↑ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). Retrieved 4 October 2010. 
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