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Louise Farrenc (* 31 May 1804 in Paris; † 15 September 1875 ibid; born Jeanne Louise Dumont) was a French composer, pianist and musicologist. She was a professor of piano at the Paris Conservatoire. In 1861 and 1869 she received the Prix Chartier of the French Academy of Arts for her chamber music.

Life

Born Jeanne-Louise Dumont in Paris, she was the daughter of Jacques-Edme Dumont, a successful sculptor, and sister to Auguste Dumont, also a sculptor. Louise Farrenc enjoyed a considerable reputation during her own lifetime, as a composer, a performer and a teacher. She began piano studies at an early age with Cecile Soria, a former student of Muzio Clementi. When it became clear she had the ability to become a professional pianist she was given lessons by such masters as Ignaz Moscheles and Johann Nepomuk Hummel, and, given the talent she showed as a composer, her parents decided to let her, in 1819 at the age of fifteen, study composition with Anton Reicha, the composition teacher at the Conservatoire, although it is unclear if the young Louise Dumont followed his classes there, since at that time the composition class was open only to men. In 1821 she married Aristide Farrenc, a flute student ten years her senior, who performed at some of the concerts regularly given at the artists’ colony of the Sorbonne, where Louise’s family lived. Following her marriage, she interrupted her studies to give concerts throughout France with her husband. He, however, soon grew tired of the concert life and, with her help, opened a publishing house in Paris, which, as Éditions Farrenc, became one of France’s leading music publishers for nearly 40 years.

In Paris, Farrenc returned to her studies with Reicha, after which she reembarked on a concert career, briefly interrupted in 1826 when she gave birth to a daughter, Victorine, who also became a concert pianist but who died in 1859 aged thirty-three. In the 1830s Farrenc gained considerable fame as a performer and her reputation was such that in 1842 she was appointed to the permanent position of Professor of Piano at the Paris Conservatory, a position she held for thirty years and one which was among the most prestigious in Europe. Accounts of the time record that she was an excellent instructor, with many of her students graduating with Premier Prix and becoming professional musicians. Despite this, Farrenc was paid less than her male counterparts for nearly a decade. Only after the triumphant premiere of her nonet, at which the famous violinist Joseph Joachim took part, did she demand and receive equal pay. Besides her teaching and performing career, she also produced and edited an influential book, Le Trésor des Pianistes, about early music performance style, and was twice awarded the Prix Chartier of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, in 1861 and 1869.

Farrenc died in Paris. For several decades after her death, her reputation as a performer survived and her name continued to appear in such books as Antoine François Marmontel’s Pianistes célèbres. Her nonet had achieved around 1850 some popularity, as did her two piano quintets and her trios. But, despite some new editions of her chamber music after her death, her works were largely forgotten until, in the late 20th century, an interest in women composers led to the rediscovery – and thence to the performance and recording – of many of her works. In December 2013, Farrenc was the subject of the long-running BBC Radio Three programme Composer of the Week.
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List of opera

Air

  • Air suisse varié
  • Air russe varié

Duett

  • Variations concertantes sur un air suisse für Klavier und Violine

Etüde

  • Trente Etudes dans tous les tons majeurs et mineursEtüde für Klavier
  • Douze Etudes brillantesEtüde für Klavier
  • Vingt Etudes de moyenne difficultéEtüde für Klavier
  • Vingtcinq Etudes facilesEtüde für Klavier

Fuge

  • Fugen op. 22

Hymne

  • Hymne russe varié

Nocturne

  • 1er Nocturne op. 49

Nonett

  • Nonett op. 38 Es-Dur

Ouvertüre

  • Ouvertüre op. 23 e-Moll
  • Ouvertüre op. 24 Es-Dur

Quintett

  • Klavierquintett Nr. 1 a-Moll
  • Klavierquintett Nr. 2 E-Dur

Rondo

  • Trois RondeauxRondo für Klavier
  • Rondeau (Bellini)Rondo für Klavier
  • Rondeau (C. M. v. Weber)Rondo für Klavier
  • Rondeau (Rossini)Rondo für Klavier

Scherzo

  • Scherzo

Sextett

  • Sextett op. 40 c-Moll

Sonate

  • Violoncellosonate op. 46 B-Dur
  • Violinsonate op. 37 c-Moll
  • Violinsonate op. 39 A-Dur

Stück

  • diverse Klavierwerke o. Op.
  • Mélodie o. Op.Stück für Klavier
  • Les ItaliennesStück für Klavier
  • Les AllemandesStück für Klavier
  • La SylphideStück für Klavier
  • Souvenir des HuguenotsStück für Klavier
  • Trois mélodiesStück für Klavier

Symphonie

  • Symphonie Nr. 1 c-Moll
  • Symphonie Nr. 2 D-Dur
  • Symphonie Nr. 3 g-Moll

Trio

  • Klaviertrio op. 33 Es-Dur
  • Klaviertrio op. 34 d-Moll
  • Klaviertrio op. 44 Es-Dur
  • Klaviertrio op. 45 e-Moll

Variationen

  • Grandes Variations sur l’air: Le premier pas für Klarinette und Streicher
  • Grandes Variations sur l’air: Le premier pas für Klarinette und Orchester
  • Grandes Variations sur un thème du Comte Gallemberg für Klarinette und Orchester
  • Variations (Aristide Farrenc)Variationen für Klavier
  • Grandes Variations sur l’air: Le premier pas für Klavier
  • Variations brillantes (Rossini)Variationen für Klavier
  • Variations sur l’air favori: O ma tendre musette!Variationen für Klavier
  • Variations (Onslow)Variationen für Klavier
  • Variations (Galopade favorite)Variationen für Klavier
  • Variations brillantes (Donizetti)Variationen für Klavier
  • Variations sur un thème allemandVariationen für Klavier
  • Variations (Bellini)Variationen für Klavier

Walzer

  • Valse brillante op. 48Walzer für Klavier
  • 2me Valse brillante op. 51Walzer für Klavier

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Sheet music

Score for chamber music

Air russe variée, op. 17

Quintett 1for Cellocello, Klavierpiano, Violineviolin

for Cellocello, Klavierpiano, Violineviolin

Etude in G Majorfor Klavierpiano
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Nonett op 38for Cellocello, Flöteflute, Hornfrench horn, Klarinetteclarinet, Oboeoboe, Violineviolin

for Cellocello, Flöteflute, Hornfrench horn, Klarinetteclarinet, Oboeoboe, Violineviolin

Nonett op 38for Cellocello, Flöteflute, Hornfrench horn, Klarinetteclarinet, Oboeoboe, Violineviolin

for Cellocello, Flöteflute, Hornfrench horn, Klarinetteclarinet, Oboeoboe, Violineviolin

The Oxford Book of Organ Music by Women Composersfor Orgelorgel



  • Cantabile, from Organ Symphony No. 1, Elfrida Andrée
  • Perpetuum Mobile, Kristina Arakelyan
  • Prelude on an Old Folk Tune, Amy Beach
  • Pastorale sur un vieil air vendéen, Mme Bertault-Eckendorff
  • Pièce sur des airs populaires flamands, Nadia Boulanger
  • Andante, Joséphine Boulay
  • Andante grazioso, Kate Boundy
  • Erbarme dich mein, O Herre Gott (Have mercy on me, O Lord God), Miriam Carpinetti
  • Voluntary IV, Theophania Cecil
  • Valse-Arabesque Op. 98 No. 4, Cécile Chaminade, arr. Anne Marsden Thomas
  • Offertoire, Hedwige Chrétien
  • Da bei rami scendea, Clementine de Bourges
  • Veni Creator, Jeanne Demessieux
  • Allegretto, from Piano Sonata in A, Sophia Dussek, arr. Anne Marsden Thomas
  • Fugue on Two Subjects, Op. 26 No. 12, Louise Farrenc
  • A Voluntary, Esther Fleet
  • Communion, Juliette Folville
  • Sonata II, Elizabeth Gambarini
  • Scherzo, Betzy Holmberg
  • Clair de lune, No. 2 from Trois petites pieces for flute and piano, Augusta Holmès, arr. Anne Marsden Thomas
  • Gigue (Basse de Trompette), Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, arr. Anne Marsden Thomas
  • Andante, from Six Easy Voluntaries, 2nd set, Kate Loder
  • Celebration, Cecilia McDowall
  • Allegro brillante, from Sonata in G major for harpsichord, Marianna Martinez
  • Introduction and Fugue in F, Ann Mounsey Bartholomew
  • An Old Christmas Carol, Elizabeth Mounsey
  • Canzonetta, Op. 25, Kate Ockleston-Lippa
  • Dusk, Nkeiru Okoye
  • Sonata Seconda, Mrs Philarmonica
  • Toccato from Organ Suite 1, Florence Price
  • Mixolydiance, Ghislaine Reece-Trapp
  • Petite Prière, Blanche Rozan
  • Bell Toccata, Isabelle Ryder
  • Prelude and Fugue in D minor, Op. 16 No. 3, Clara Schumann
  • Chorale Prelude: ‘Schwing dich auf zu deinem Gott’, Ethel Smyth
  • Moderato in E flat, Elizabeth Stirling
  • Intermezzo, Amy Summers
  • Paean, Rebecca Groom te Velde
  • Andante and Fugue in C minor, Alexandra Thomson
  • Overture to Talestri, Maria Antonia Walpurgis
  • Andante, from Four Short Voluntaries, Kate Westrop Allender
  • Polonaise, from 18 Dances in Different Styles for the Piano, Maria Szymanowska
for Orgelorgel

Quintett 2 E-Dur Op. 31for Cellocello, Klavierpiano, Violaviola, Violineviolin

for Cellocello, Klavierpiano, Violaviola, Violineviolin

Ausgewählte Klavierwerke - Volume 2for Klavierpiano

  • Rondeau Op 9
  • Variationen (Onslow) Op 10
  • Variationen (Donizetti) Op 15
  • Air Russe Varie Op 17
  • Nocturne Op 49
  • Valse Brillante Op 51
  • Melodie Ohne Op
for Klavierpiano

Ausgewaehlte Klavierwerke 3/1for Klavierpiano

  • Konzert Etueden Op 26
  • Etueden Op 50
for Klavierpiano

Nonett op. 38for Cellocello, Fagottbassoon, Flöteflute, Hornfrench horn, Klarinetteclarinet, Kontrabassdoublebass, Oboeoboe, Violaviola, Violineviolin

for Cellocello, Fagottbassoon, Flöteflute, Hornfrench horn, Klarinetteclarinet, Kontrabassdoublebass, Oboeoboe, Violaviola, Violineviolin

Sonata for Piano and Cello op. 46for Cellocello, Klavierpiano



for Cellocello, Klavierpiano

Sextett C-Moll Op. 40for Fagottbassoon, Flöteflute, Hornfrench horn, Klarinetteclarinet, Klavierpiano, Oboeoboe

for Fagottbassoon, Flöteflute, Hornfrench horn, Klarinetteclarinet, Klavierpiano, Oboeoboe

Nonetto op. 38for Cellocello, Fagottbassoon, Flöteflute, Hornfrench horn, Klarinetteclarinet, Kontrabassdoublebass, Oboeoboe, Violaviola, Violineviolin

for Cellocello, Fagottbassoon, Flöteflute, Hornfrench horn, Klarinetteclarinet, Kontrabassdoublebass, Oboeoboe, Violaviola, Violineviolin

Klavierquintett Nr. 2 E-Dur Op. 31for Cellocello, Klavierpiano, Violaviola, Violineviolin

for Cellocello, Klavierpiano, Violaviola, Violineviolin

Quintett a-Moll op.30for Cellocello, Klavierpiano, Violaviola, Violineviolin

for Cellocello, Klavierpiano, Violaviola, Violineviolin

Klaviertrios op. 44/45for Cellocello, Klavierpiano, Violineviolin

for Cellocello, Klavierpiano, Violineviolin

Ausgewaehlte Klavierwerke 3/2for Klavierpiano

  • Rondeau Op 9
  • Variationen (Onslow) Op 10
  • Variationen (Donizetti) Op 15
  • Air Russe Varie Op 17
  • Nocturne Op 49
  • Valse Brillante Op 51
  • Melodie Ohne Op
for Klavierpiano

Ausgewaehlte Klavierwerke 3/1for Klavierpiano

  • Konzert Etueden Op 26
  • Etueden Op 50
for Klavierpiano

Trio op. 45for Cellocello, Flöteflute, Klavierpiano

for Cellocello, Flöteflute, Klavierpiano

Klavierquintett Nr. 1 a-Moll op. 30for Cellocello, Klavierpiano, Kontrabassdoublebass, Violaviola, Violineviolin

for Cellocello, Klavierpiano, Kontrabassdoublebass, Violaviola, Violineviolin

Impromptufor Klavierpiano
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for Klavierpiano
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Violinensonatenfor Klavierpiano, Violineviolin
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for Klavierpiano, Violineviolin
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Quintetfor Streicherstrings

for Streicherstrings

Piano Quintett No. 2 E-Dur Op. 31for Cellocello, Klavierpiano, Kontrabassdoublebass, Violaviola, Violineviolin



for Cellocello, Klavierpiano, Kontrabassdoublebass, Violaviola, Violineviolin

Ausgewaehlte Klavierwerke 3/2for Klavierpiano

  • Rondeau Op 9
  • Variationen (Onslow) Op 10
  • Variationen (Donizetti) Op 15
  • Air Russe Varie Op 17
  • Nocturne Op 49
  • Valse Brillante Op 51
  • Melodie Ohne Op
for Klavierpiano

Sonate op. 46for Cellocello, Klavierpiano

for Cellocello, Klavierpiano

Klaviertrios op. 33 und op. 34for Cellocello, Klavierpiano, Violineviolin

  • Trio Nr. 1 Es-Dur op. 33
  • Trio Nr. 2 d-Moll op. 34
for Cellocello, Klavierpiano, Violineviolin

Air Russe Variéfor Klavierpiano



for Klavierpiano

Quintett Nr. 1 a-Moll op. 30for Cellocello, Klavierpiano, Kontrabassdoublebass, Violaviola, Violineviolin

for Cellocello, Klavierpiano, Kontrabassdoublebass, Violaviola, Violineviolin

Étudefor Klavierpiano
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Sonate 2 Op 39for Klavierpiano, Violineviolin



for Klavierpiano, Violineviolin

Twelve Etudes of Dexterity op. 41for Klavierpiano

for Klavierpiano

Air Russe Varie Op 17for Klavierpiano



for Klavierpiano

Piano Quintet #1for Cellocello, Klavierpiano, Kontrabassdoublebass, Violaviola, Violineviolin
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for Cellocello, Klavierpiano, Kontrabassdoublebass, Violaviola, Violineviolin
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25 Etüden op.50for Klavierpiano





for Klavierpiano

Sonate op. 46for Cellocello, Klavierpiano
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for Cellocello, Klavierpiano
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Trio in Es-dur op. 44for Cellocello, Klarinetteclarinet, Klavierpiano
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for Cellocello, Klarinetteclarinet, Klavierpiano
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Trio in e-moll op. 45for Cellocello, Flöteflute, Klavierpiano
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for Cellocello, Flöteflute, Klavierpiano
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Trio op. 45for Cellocello, Flöteflute, Klavierpiano







for Cellocello, Flöteflute, Klavierpiano

Trio op. 44for Cellocello, Klarinetteclarinet, Klavierpiano, Violineviolin
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for Cellocello, Klarinetteclarinet, Klavierpiano, Violineviolin
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Trio in Es op. 44for Cellocello, Klarinetteclarinet, Klavierpiano







for Cellocello, Klarinetteclarinet, Klavierpiano

Sonate pour Piano et Violoncelfor Klavierpiano, Violaviola
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  • Bearbeitet für Viola und Klavier
for Klavierpiano, Violaviola
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Sextett c-Moll op. 40for Fagottbassoon, Flöteflute, Hornfrench horn, Klarinetteclarinet, Klavierpiano, Oboeoboe
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for Fagottbassoon, Flöteflute, Hornfrench horn, Klarinetteclarinet, Klavierpiano, Oboeoboe
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Quintett für 2 Violinen, Viola, Violoncello und Kontrabass op. 38for Cellocello, Kontrabassdoublebass, Violaviola, Violineviolin
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for Cellocello, Kontrabassdoublebass, Violaviola, Violineviolin
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Klavierquintett c-Moll op. 40for Klavierpiano, Streicherstrings
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for Klavierpiano, Streicherstrings
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Score for orchestra

Premiere Ouverture a Grand Orchestre op. 23
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Grandes variations sur un thème du Comte Gallemberg op. 25for Klavierpiano

for Klavierpiano

Variations Concertantes Op. 20for Klavierpiano, Violineviolin
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  • Variations Concertantes Op. 20
  • Sonate 1 C-Moll Op. 37
  • Sonate 2 A-Dur Op. 39
for Klavierpiano, Violineviolin
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Ouvertüren op. 23 und op. 24
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Sinfonie Nr. 2 op. 35
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Grandes variations sur un thème du Comte Gallemberg op. 25for Klavierpiano
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for Klavierpiano
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Sinfonie Nr. 1 op. 32
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Sinfonie Nr. 3 g-moll op. 36
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Piano Quintet No. 2for Cellocello, Klavierpiano, Kontrabassdoublebass, Violaviola, Violineviolin
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for Cellocello, Klavierpiano, Kontrabassdoublebass, Violaviola, Violineviolin
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