Louise Haenel de Cronenthall

Louise Augusta Marie Julia Haenel de Cronenthall (18 June 1836 – 9 March 1896) was a German composer who lived and worked in France.

Life

Louise Haenel de Cronenthall was born in Naumburg, Germany, the daughter of piano maker Franz Julius Hänel (1804-1871), and moved to Paris to study at the Conservatoire at age 17. She studied with Alexandre Joseph Désiré Tariot (1803-1872) for music theory, Camille-Marie Stamaty (1811–1870) for piano, Auguste-Joseph Franchomme (1808–1884) for cello, and Jules Demersseman (1833–1866) for flute and composition. In 1862 she married Léonce du Trousset, marquis d'Héricourt de Valincourt (1822-1889).

Haenel received a medal for her work in the Paris World Fair of 1867. She died in Paris.[1][2]

Works

Louise Haenel de Cronenthall was a very productive composer. Selected compositions include:

  • La nuit d'épreuve (The Eight samples) opera, 1867
  • La Chanson du Thé
  • Cremonese, string quartet
  • La cinquantaine villageoise (The Golden Peasant Wedding), symphony
  • Salute au printemps (spring greeting), symphony
  • La fantastique (The Great), symphony
  • Appolonia, symphony
  • Bonheur pastoral (pastoral happiness), symphony

References
  1. Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian. New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers.
  2. 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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