Life

Evelyn Faltis was born in Trautenau, Bohemia

Bohemia

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, in 1887, the second of three daughters of Carl Johann and Maria Anna Cecilia Magdalena Faltis (born Wiesenburg) who were Viennese bourgeoisie. She began her music studies at the Assomption convent in Paris

Paris

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, and later studied at the Vienna

Vienna

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 Music Academy with Robert Fuchs

Robert Fuchs

Robert Fuchs was an Austrian composer and music teacher.As Professor of music theory at the Vienna Conservatory, Fuchs taught many notable composers, while he was himself a highly regarded composer in his lifetime....

 and Eusebius Mandyczewski

Eusebius Mandyczewski

Eusebius Mandyczewski was a musicologist, composer, conductor, and teacher. He was an author of numerous musical works and is highly regarded within Austrian, Romanian and Ukrainian music circles.- Family and friends :...

, at the Dresden

Dresden

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 Conservatory with Felix Draeseke

Felix Draeseke

Felix August Bernhard Draeseke was a composer of the "New German School" admiring Liszt and Richard Wagner. He wrote compositions in most forms including eight operas and stage works, four symphonies, and much vocal and chamber music.-Life:Felix Draeseke was born in the Franconian ducal town of...

 and Eduard Reus, and in Munich

Munich

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 with Sophie Menter

Sophie Menter

Sophie Menter was a German pianist and composer who became the favorite female student of Franz Liszt. She was called l'incarnation de Liszt in Paris because of her robust, electrifying playing style and was considered one of the greatest piano virtuosos of her time.Sophie Menter was born in...

.

After completing her studies, she settled in Berlin

Berlin

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, but moved to Vienna

Vienna

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 in 1933. She became the first woman coach at Bayreuth and worked as accompanist at the Nuremberg

Nuremberg

Nuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664...

 Stadttheater am Ring and the Darmstadt

Darmstadt

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 Hoftheater, and after 1924 at the Berlin

Berlin

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 Städtische Oper. She died in Vienna of pneumonia.

Works

Faltis composed for orchestra, chamber ensemble, instruments and chorus. Selected works include:

• Hamlet symphonic poem
• Phantastische Sinfonie, Op 2a
• Piano Concerto, Op 3
• Andante and Slavonic Dance, Op 5
• Two hymns
• Sonata in B minor for piano (no op, about 1909)
• Piano Trio in D minor, Opus 1
• Fantastic symphony for orchestra, Op 2
• Piano Trio in G minor, Op 4
• Adagio for Violin and Piano, Opus 5
• Sonata for Violin and Piano in D minor, Op 6
• Three songs for voice and piano, Op 7 (1921)
  • 1. Dreams - 2 Litany - 3 Nepomuk.
• Seven Songs for Voice and Piano, Op 8 (1921)
  • 1. Folksong - 2 Golka - 3 Days of Roses, wonderful rich - 4 Song of the dancer - 5 Love song - 6 Vigil - 7 Fog
• Invocation: "Which way should I proceed for eight-part mixed chorus a capella, Text: H. Ossenbach, op 9 (1929)
• Six Songs for Voice and Piano, Op 10 (1921)
  • 1. Why - Come home, I can not expect's - 3 Hymn - 4th Libuse - 5 The Baffled - 6 The even.
• Two sacred songs, Op 11
• Fantasy and Double Fugue with "Dies Irae" for organ, Op 12 (1922)
• Six Gypsy Songs, op 12a (1921)
  • 1. Order - 2 The lovers - 3 Farewell - 4 Kolednika - 5 Bride Garden - 6 The Abandoned.
• String Quartet, Op 13a
• Mass with organ, Op 13b
• Two songs for voice and piano, Op 14 (1931)
  • 1. Dream - 2 The cherry tree.
• String Quartet, Op 15
• Tracks distant memory for voice and piano, op post (1939)
  • 1. Obscurity - 2 Show me your true image - 3 Say - 4 Homecoming

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