Emma Maria Macfarren (b. 19 June 1824, d. 9 Nov 1895) was an English

English people

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 pianist and composer who used the pseudonym Jules Brissac. She was born in London

London

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, and in 1846 married John Macfarren, brother of composer George Macfarren

George Macfarren

George Macfarren was a playwright and the father of composer George Alexander Macfarren. Macfarren's first play, Ah! What a Pity, or, The Dark Knight and the Fair Lady, was produced on 28 September 1818 at the English Opera House; for the next several decades, a Macfarren play was produced...

. She toured in the United States

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between 1862 and 1873 with her "Mornings at the Piano" lecture series and published a number of original songs and transcriptions. She died in London.

Works

Macfarren was known for popular piano works. Selected compositions include:

• Ah! che la morte et Di tale amor, Deuxie by Jules Brissac (1855)
• Amina, morceau de salon sur l'air finale de La Sonnambula [by Bellini] pour le piano Op. 23 by Jules Brissac (1856)
• The Babbling Brook, Le Murmure du Ruisseau, caprice-étude pour Piano by Jules Brissac (1865)
• Un Ballo in maschera, Deuxie by Jules Brissac (1860)
• Bella adorata, Fantaisie de boudoir pour le Pianoforte sur deux airs Italiens, Op. 69 by Jules Brissac (1860)
• Betly, Tyrolienne sur la cavatine [In questo semplice modesto asilo] de l'Opéra de Donizetti, pour piano-forte by Jules Brissac (1855)
• Bonnie Scotland, brilliant caprice on Scotch airs, for the Pianoforte. Op. 108 by Jules Brissac (1866)
• The Butterfly, caprice-étude for the Pianoforte. Op. 97 by Jules Brissac (1863)
• Casta Diva, from [Bellini's opera] Norma for the Pianoforte by Jules Brissac (1863)
• Catarina, Deuxie by Jules Brissac (1857)
• The celebrated drinking song in G. A. Macfarren's opera " She Stoops to Conquer ", arranged for the Pianoforte. Op. 105 by Jules Brissac (1864)
• Cerisette, Morceau de salon pour le pianoforte by Jules Brissac (1854)