Victorine Farrenc
French pianist and composer (1826–1859)
- Pianist
- composer
Victorine Louise Farrenc (23 February 1826 – 3 January 1859) was a French pianist and composer of the Romantic period.[1][2]
Life and career
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
- ^ 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 [sv].
- ^ a b Heitmann, Christin (2016) [2001]. "Farrenc: Victorine(-Louise)". MGG Online. Kassel: Bärenreiter.
Further reading
- Allen, David (8 October 2021). "Louise Farrenc, 19th-Century Composer, Surges Back Into Sound". The New York Times.
External links
- Free scores by Victorine Farrenc at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
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Louise Farrenc
- Piano Quintet No. 1 (1839)
- Piano Quintet No. 2 (1840)
- Nonet (1849)
- Aristide Farrenc (husband)
- Victorine Farrenc (daughter)
- Jacques-Edme Dumont (father)
- Augustin-Alexandre Dumont (brother)
- Conservatoire de Paris
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