Victorine Farrenc
Victorine Farrenc | |
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| Born | Victorine Louise Farrenc 23 February 1826 Paris, France |
| Died | 3 January 1859 (aged 32) Paris, France |
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Victorine Louise Farrenc (23 February 1826 – 3 January 1859) was a French pianist and composer of the Romantic period.[1][2]
Life and career[edit]
Victorine Louise Farrenc was born in Paris, France on 23 February 1826.[1] A child prodigy in music, she was the daughter of composer-pianist Louise Farrenc and scholar Aristide Farrenc.[1][2] In her youth she studied piano with her mother, Louise, and took compositions lessons, composing piano works.[3]
In 1843, Farrenc enrolled in the Conservatoire de Paris for piano, and won the premier prix.[1] She performed Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5, the "Emperor" in the 1845 Brussels-Paris concerts, where her mother's Symphony No. 1 premiered.[1] Her stage appearances lessened in 1847 after a serious illness; by 1849 she had ceased performing.[3] She died on 3 January 1859 in Paris.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f Friedland, Bea (2001). "Farrenc, Victorine Louise". Grove Music Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/omo/9781561592630.013.90000380817. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
- ^ a b "Farrenc, Victorine". Kvinnlig Anhopning av Svenska Tonsättare.
- ^ a b Heitmann, Christin (2016) [2001]. "Farrenc: Victorine(-Louise)". MGG Online. Kassel: Bärenreiter.
Further reading[edit]
- Allen, David (8 October 2021). "Louise Farrenc, 19th-Century Composer, Surges Back Into Sound". The New York Times.
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- French Romantic composers
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- 19th-century French women composers