Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville

• Name — Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville • Born — 5 January 1870 • Birthplace — Liège, Belgium • Died — 28 October 1946 • Occupation — Pianist, Violinist, Composer

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. In 1914 she moved to Bournemouth, and during World War I she lived and performed there. She lived for several years in London, before returning to Belgium around 1932, and later moving to Dourgne, where she died on 28 October 1946.

Folville composed for theater, solo instruments, orchestra, chorus, and chamber ensemble. Selected works include:

• 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)

• 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)

• 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.