Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville (b. 5 January 1870, d. 19 or 28 October 1946) was a Belgian pianist, violinist, music educator, conductor and composer.

Life

Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville was born in Liege

Liege

Liège is a municipality and a city of Belgium. The term Liège or Liege may also refer to:* Liege, a party to the oath of allegiance in feudalism .* Liège Island, in the Antarctic...

, Belgium

Belgium

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, 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 Cezar Thompson and made her debut in Liege in 1879. She had a successful career on the concert stage, and in 1897 took a position teaching piano at the Liege Conservatory. Her place of death is uncertain, but thought to be Castres

Castres

Castres is a commune, and arrondissement capital in the Tarn department and Midi-Pyrénées region in southern France. It lies in the former French province of Languedoc....

 or Dourgne

Dourgne

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, on 19 or 28 October 1946.

Works

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

• Atala (1873) opera
• Suite Poetique for violin
• Eva, drama for soprano choir and piano