Jeanne Barbillion

Jeanne Marie Louise Barbillion (12 October 1895 – 8 August 1992) was a French pianist, violinist, and composer.

Jeanne Barbillion
Born	(1895-10-12)12 October 1895 Paris
Died	8 August 1992(1992-08-08) (aged 96) Paris
Instruments	Piano, violin

Life

Born in Paris, Barbillion attended the Schola Cantorum de Paris from the age of 8.^[1] She was a pupil of Vincent d'Indy (who nicknamed her "the Chameleon"^[2]) who gave her orchestration lessons, Armand Parent [fr] and Berthe Duranton.^[3]

In the late 1910s, she performed as a violinist with Vincent d'Indy in pieces by Nicola Porpora, Franz Schubert and Vincent d'Indy.^[4]

In the 1920s, she created the Barbillion Quartet, in collaboration with Denise Vidaillet, Edwige Bergeron, Madeleine Portier, and Marcel Vernet.^[5][6] She composed and created several of her works for her quartet, (La tristesse de Pan, 13 March 1926)^[6] for example).

In the 1940s, Barbillion taught chamber music at the École César-Franck [fr].^[7]

In 1972, she took part in a day in homage to Charles Fourier, for whom she composed a Hymne sylvestre for mixed choir and mezzo-soprano, Scènes champêtres for piano four hands, and En forêt for piano four hands.^[8]

In 1926, she lived on Avenue de l'Observatoire [fr].^[6] In 1939 she was awarded the title of Officier of the Ordre des Palmes académiques.^[9]

Barbillon died in Paris at the age of 96.

Work

• 1926. Provence. Deux pièces, for piano (éd. Maurice-Senart)
• 1926. Sonate en ré majeur, for violin and piano (éd. Maurice-Senart). In concert at la Salle des agriculteurs in June 1925.^[10] at the September 1925 Salon d'automne^[11] and in concert on radio in June 1927.^[12]
• 1928. Trio, for piano, violin and cello (éd. Fortin)
• 1930. Sonate synthétique, for cello and piano (éditions Fortin, 1934)
• 1936. Quatuor à cordes, for two violins, viola and cello
• 1972. Hymne sylvestre, for mixed choir and mezzo-soprano. Score available at la-colonie.org
• 1972. Scènes champêtres, 6 pieces for children ("Sur la route", "Aux champs", "Le ruisseau", "À la ferme", "L’orage", "Le retour"), for piano four hands
• 1972. En forêt ("Jeux", "Soir", "Départ matinal", "Sieste"), for piano four hands.
• Aurora, for male choir
• Automne, for voice and piano
• Chorale et pastorale en rondeau, for ondes Martenot, organ and strings
• Cortège funèbre, for English horn and string orchestra
• Dédicace, for soprano, women's choir and piano
• Two symphonic movements for orchestra
• Étude symphonique for orchestra
• Dorian Hymn, for viola and chromatic harp
• Ile de France, for flute and piano
• Impression maritime, for piano (published by Fortin, 1930)
• Jeanne d'Arc à Rouen, for soloists, choir and orchestra
• Cadence for Beethoven's Violin Concerto
• Pan's Sadness, for baritone, flute, harp and (?)
• The Erinnyes, for soprano, tenor and orchestra
• The Flies, for women's choir
• La noce, nocturne, for voice and piano. In concert at the TSF, 26 June 1927^[12][13]
• Poème d'été, for flute, oboe, cello, bassoon and piano
• Poème, for cello and piano
• Provence, for piano
• Quatuor avec piano, for violin, viola, cello and piano
• Quintette à vent
• Sonate, for piano
• Trio avec piano, for violoi, cello and piano. Prix Marmontel, 1928.^[14][15]
• Variations sur des vieux Noëls, pour quatuor à cordes et orgue. Premiered 25 December 1935 by Maurice Duruflé^[16]

Recording

• 1923. Quatuor nº2, (Vincent d'Indy) by the Barbillion quartet. Gramophone W 507 à 509.^[4]

Video

• 2020. Sonate, for violin and piano, by Francis Paraïso.