Henriette van den Boorn-Coclet
Henriette van den Boorn-Coclet (15 January 18666 March 1945) was a Belgian composer. She was born in Liege, Belgium and studied at the Liège Conservatory with Jean-Théodore Radoux and Sylvain Dupuis, where she received a first prize in solfège (1887) harmony (1882) and fugue (1884). She also won a silver medal for chamber music (piano and strings) in 1886.
Henriette van den Boorn-Coclet
- Nationality
- Belgium
- Occupation
- composer · music educator
- Education
- Royal Conservatory of Liège
- Teachers
- Jean-Théodore Radoux · Sylvain Dupuis
- Honours
- Prix de Rome
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Henriette van den Boorn-Coclet lived from 15 January 1866 to 6 March 1945 and was a composer.
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Henriette van den Boorn-Coclet was born on 15 January 1866. Henriette van den Boorn-Coclet died on 6 March 1945.
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After completing her education, she took a position teaching harmony at the Conservatory (1892–1931). She won the Prix de Rome in 1895. She died in Liege. Her compositions make use of a late 19th-century neo-romantic style.
Boorn-Coclet composed for orchestra, chamber ensemble, songs and piano. Selected works include: • Sonata for violin, 1907 • Symphonie in F, 1904 • Callirhoe, 1895 • Mélodies • Chöre • Motets • Tarentelle: Klavier • Sonate: Violine-Klavier, 1907 • Serenade: Violoncello-Klavier • Sinfonie, 1904 • Symphonie Wallone, 1923 • Andante Symphonique, 1894 • Renouveau: poème symphonique, 1913 • Vers l’Infini: Violoncello-Orchester
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- 1.État-civil de Liège. agatha.arch.be. 2026.
- 2.Le Conservatoire royal de Liège. La Meuse. 3 lire en. 13 octobre 1884.
- 3.Gilson, Philippe. Boorn-Coclet, Henriette van den.
- 4.The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. 1994. 9780393034875.
- 5.International encyclopedia of violin-keyboard sonatas and composers. 1995.
- 6.Le Concours du prix de Rome. L'Indépendance belge. 1 lire en. 8 août 1895.
- 7.Women in music: an encyclopedic biobibliography: Volume 2. 1993.
- 8.Henriette van den Boorn-Coclet.
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