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Arthur Kaptainis, Montreal Gazette, April 21, 2016

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Louise Farrenc (1804-1875)

Louise Farrenc, born Jeanne-Louise Dumont, came from a long line of creative people. To make matters worse, the press mistakenly put out a statement advertising Farrenc’s position as an “professeur supplémentaire” (adjunct professor) rather than her actual, full-time position.

Farrenc was appointed Professor of Piano at the Paris Conservatory in 1842, a post she held until she retired in 1873. Vol. 60, No. 2 (Apr., 1974), pp.

As both a performer and composer, Farrenc was known for venturing outside the musical norm. For the next three decades the small family-of-three would each become renowned for their own contributions to the music world; Victorine herself grew into an incredible pianist and composer.

About two years after beginning her formal studies, Farrenc married fellow Conservatory student Aristide Farrenc, a flautist and music publisher. This collection was the product of research on 17th- and 18th- century harpsichord and virginal music that she worked on with her husband Aristide until his death. She heard her third symphony Op.

36 performed at the Société des concerts du Conservatoire in 1849. Vol. 1, p.171

  • Bea Friedland. Louise Farrenc, 1804-1875: Composer, Performer, Scholar. The appeal finally worked and her salary was thus raised to match the 1200-franc salary of Henri Herz. Following her marriage, she interrupted her studies to give concerts throughout France with her husband.

    Death

    Dumont-Farrenc family grave in Montparnasse. 40

  • Nonet, op.

    In 1950 she began the appeal to raise her own salary to match that of her male colleagues. She ended her lessons with Reicha to travel France and perform with Aristide. 40, and her triumphant nonet, op.

    In 1843, the Farrencs’ daughter Victorine, who had already been studying piano with her mother, began attending the Conservatory. Deuxième édition.Vol 3, pp. Besides her teaching and performing career, she also produced and edited an influential book, Le Trésor des Pianistes, about early music performance style,[3] and was twice awarded the Prix Chartier of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, in 1861 and 1869.[4]

    At first, during the 1820s and 1830s, she composed exclusively for the piano.

    A

    • Adieux à la Suisse (Farrenc, Louise)
    • Air russe varié, Op.17 (Farrenc, Louise)
    • Air suisse varié, Op.7 (Farrenc, Louise)
    • Les Allemandes, Op.16 (Farrenc, Louise)
    • Andréa la folle, WoO 2/1 (Farrenc, Louise)

    B

    C

    E

    • Élévation (Farrenc, Louise)
    • Encouragement des jeunes pianistes (Farrenc, Louise)
    • 12 Etudes de dextérité, Op.41 (Farrenc, Louise)
    • 20 Etudes de moyenne Difficulté pour Piano, Op.42 (Farrenc, Louise)
    • 25 Etudes faciles, Op.50 (Farrenc, Louise)
    • 30 Etudes, Op.26 (Farrenc, Louise)

    G

    H

    I

    J

    M

    N

    O

    P

    P cont.

    • Piano Quintet No.1, Op.30 (Farrenc, Louise)
    • Piano Quintet No.2, Op.31 (Farrenc, Louise)
    • Piano Trio No.1, Op.33 (Farrenc, Louise)
    • Piano Trio No.2, Op.34 (Farrenc, Louise)
    • Le Prisonnier de guerre (Farrenc, Louise)

    R

    S

    • Scherzo, Op.47 (Farrenc, Louise)
    • Sextet in C minor, Op.40 (Farrenc, Louise)
    • Souvenir des Huguenots, Op.19 (Farrenc, Louise)
    • String Quartet (Farrenc, Louise)
    • La sylphide, Op.18 (Farrenc, Louise)
    • Symphony No.1, Op.32 (Farrenc, Louise)
    • Symphony No.2, Op.35 (Farrenc, Louise)
    • Symphony No.3, Op.36 (Farrenc, Louise)

    T

    • Theme and Variations in F major (Farrenc, Louise)
    • Theme and Variations in G major (Farrenc, Louise)
    • Trio for Clarinet or Violin, Cello and Piano, Op.44 (Farrenc, Louise)
    • Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano, Op.45 (Farrenc, Louise)

    V

    • Valse brillante No.2, Op.51 (Farrenc, Louise)
    • Valse brillante, Op.48 (Farrenc, Louise)
    • Variations brillantes sur la cavatine d'Anna Bolena de Donizetti 'Nel veder la tua costanza', Op.15 (Farrenc, Louise)
    • Variations brillantes sur un thème d'Aristide Farrenc, Op.2 (Farrenc, Louise)
    • Variations brillantes sur un thème de la Cenerentola de Rossini, Op.5 (Farrenc, Louise)
    • Variations sur un thème des Capuleti de Bellini, Op.29 (Farrenc, Louise)
    • Variations sur une galopade favorite, Op.12 (Farrenc, Louise)
    • Variations, Op.20 (Farrenc, Louise)
    • Venez dans la prairie (Farrenc, Louise)
    • Violin Sonata No.1, Op.37 (Farrenc, Louise)
    • Violin Sonata No.2, Op.39 (Farrenc, Louise)

    Louise Farrenc

    Early Life

    Farrenc was born “Jeanne-Louise Dumont” in 1804 in Paris on May 31, 1804.

    In the 1830s, she tried her hand at larger compositions for both chamber ensemble and orchestra. Retrieved 12 December 2020.

  • François-Joseph Fétis. Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique.