Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville

Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville (5 January 1870 – 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
Died	28 October 1946(1946-10-28) (aged 76)
Occupation(s)	Pianist, Violinist, Composer

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. 1^re Suite d'orchestre, op. 9 (1885) : Aux Champs, Dans la montagne, Rêverie, Fête de village
• Scènes de la mer. 2^e Suite d'orchestre, op. 14 (1886) : Chanson du pêcheur, Nuit étoilée, Mer phosphorescente, Flots agités, Adieux à l'océan
• Scènes d'hiver. 3^e 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. 1^re Sonatine (op. 7, 1881) and 2^e Sonatine (op. 11, 1882)
• Berceuse for violin and piano, op. 24 (1890)
• En Ardenne. Esquisses pour piano (ca. 1910)
• 1^er 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 (1912)
• Verset sur le thème du «Tantum», 6e ton for organ (1912)

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.