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Fernande Decruck
French composer (–)
Fernande Decruck | |
|---|---|
| Born | ()25 December Galliac, France |
| Died | 6 August () (aged&#;57) |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, Performer |
Fernande Decruck (née Breilh) (25 December &#;&#; 6 August ) was a French composer who composed over 40 works for the saxophone.
Fernande decruck biography books in order ISBN Contact seller. New - Softcover Condition: new. From France to U. Quantity: Over 20 available.Most well-known is her Sonata in C sharp minor for alto saxophone or viola, dedicated to Marcel Mule.
Life
Fernande Breilh was born in the village of Gaillac in France to a local merchant. She began learning piano aged eight and studied at the Conservatoire de Toulouse. She was admitted to the Conservatoire de Paris in studying organ and composition.
Biography books for 4th graders She later gave solo recitals in the great auditoriums of New York. Her husband Maurice played double bass and saxophone for the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Arturo Toscanini. In , Fernande Decruck moved to Toulouse alone with her three children. She worked as a professor at the Toulouse Conservatory. She officially divorced Maurice in which led to financial difficulty.There she won prizes in harmony, fugue, counterpoint, and piano accompaniment.[1]
Her studies in improvisation on organ led her to travel to America where she gave her first organ recitals in New York. Her husband, Maurice Decruck, a clarinetist, saxophonist and double-bassist, played both bass and saxophone with the New York Philharmonic.
Maurice Decruck later became a music publisher, opening the company Les Editions de Paris. They married in and had three children, Jeannine Decruck (born ), Michel Decruck (born ) and Alain Decruck (born ).
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Most well-known is her Sonata in C sharp minor for alto saxophone or viola, dedicated to Marcel Mule. Fernande Breilh was born in the village of Gaillac in France to a local merchant. She began learning piano aged eight and studied at the Conservatoire de Toulouse. She was admitted to the Conservatoire de Paris in studying organ and composition. There she won prizes in harmony, fugue, counterpoint, and piano accompaniment.She moved to the United States with her family in [1]
In , Maurice Decruck returned to Paris and began a publishing company ‘’Les Editions de Paris’’ that would go on to publish Fernande Decruck's compositions. She was included in the edition list of members of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers and Affiliated Societies (ASCAP).[2] Fernande Decruck later rejoined her husband in Paris in When Fernande returned to France, she began teaching harmony at the Conservatoire de Toulouse.
Between and she lived in Toulouse with her children apart from her husband in Paris. During this period she continued to teach, compose and perform. In she moved back to Paris and many of her works were premiered between and including her Sonata in C♯ minor.
Fernande decruck biography books ISBN Contact seller. New - Softcover Condition: new. From France to United Kingdom. Quantity: Over 20 available.Fernande and Maurice Decruck were divorced in after several years of separation. She died of a stroke on 6 August [1]
Works
- Pavane pour quatuor de saxophones (), arrangement pour trio d'anches
- Saxophonie pour quatuor de saxophones ()
- Deux berceuses pour quatuor de saxophones ()
- Variations saxophoniques pour quatuor de saxophones ()
- Saxofonia di camera pour quatuor de saxophones
- Saxophonescas pour quatuor de saxophones ()
- Sonate en ut# pour saxophone alto (ou alto) et orchestre ()
- Pièces Françaises pour saxophone alto et piano ()
- Danses autour du monde pour saxophone alto et piano
Pavane ()
Pavane is Decruck's first known work for the saxophone quartet.
It was dedicated to the Saxophone Quartet of the Garde Républicaine. Fernande Decruck set Pavane for other instrumental combinations, including reed trio.[3]
Deux berceuses pour quatuor de saxophones ()
Composed in and dedicated to the Unknown Soldier and Donald Moore, Deux berceuses (two lullabies) was written for horn quartet and adapted by the composer for saxophone quartet.
Deux berceuses is in two movements:[4]
I. Mouvement calme et souple de berceuse
II. Berceuse Héroïque
Sonate en ut# pour saxophone alto (ou alto) et orchestre ()
Full title as published by Costallat: "Sonate en ut dièze&#;: pour saxophone alto mi-b (ou alto à corde) avec accompagnement de piano ou orchestre" (OCLC&#;)[5]
This Sonata is in four movements:
I.
‘Très modéré, expressif’
II. Noël
III. Fileuse
IV. Nocturne et Rondel