Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville

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

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

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

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.

Bibliography
  • 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.

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.


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