Thérèse Wartel
Atala Thérèse Annette Wartel, née Adrien, (born Paris, 2 July 1814, died Paris 6 November 1865) was a French pianist, music educator, composer and critic.[1]
Biography
Thérèse Wartel was the daughter of a violinist at the Grand Opera, and leader of the Paris Conservatoire orchestra. She studied music at the Conservatoire, became an accompanist, and from 1831-38 taught as a professor at the Conservatoire.[2] She was the first female soloist ever admitted at the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire in 1838.[3]
In 1833 she married tenor Pierre-François Wartel (1806-1882), and had a son Émile who performed for many years at the Théâtre-Lyrique, and later established a vocal school of his own.[4][5]
Works
Wartel composed caprices, fantasies, etudes, ballads and romances. Selected compositions include:
- Lessons on the Pianoforte Sonatas of Beethoven
- Souvenirs of the Huguenots, fantaisie, Leipzig
- Caprice
- Andante, Autograph, 1843
- Six Etudes de salon pour piano op 10, Paris, 1850
- Andante Opus 11, 1851
Wartel also published a number of articles and letters on music subjects.
References
- ↑ Fétis F-J. Biographie universelle des musiciens. Vol II. Paris, 1878.
- ↑ Wartel , (Atale) Thérèse (-Annette), born Adrien, retrieved 31 May 2014
- ↑ Grotjahn, Rebecca; Heitmann, Christin (2006). "Louise Farrenc und die Klassik-Rezeption in Frankreich" (PDF). Retrieved 3 October 2010.
- ↑ "Page:A Dictionary of Music and Musicians vol 4.djvu/399". Retrieved 3 October 2010.
- ↑ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). Retrieved 4 October 2010.