Augustine Lorotte
Augustine Lorotte | |
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| Born | Marie-Augustine-Aimée-Hippolyte Lorotte 4 October 1826 Pantin, Paris, France |
| Died | 20th century France |
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Marie-Augustine-Aimée-Hippolyte Lorotte (4 October 1826 – 19??) was a French pianist, organist and composer of the late Romantic period.
Life and career
[edit]Augustine Lorotte was born on 4 October 1826 in Pantin, Paris, France; her full birth name was Marie-Augustine-Aimée-Hippolyte Lorotte.[1] The daughter of a Paris Opera singer, she began a lengthy education at the Conservatoire de Paris from age 10 (1836) until 1854.[2] Her prizes at the Conservatoire were in music theory: runner up (accessit; 1836), 2nd prize (1837) and 1st prize (1838); harmony and accompaniment: 2nd prize (1840) and 1st prize (1842); piano: runner up (1847) and 2nd prize (1849); and organ: 2nd prize (1853) and 1st prize (1854).[1] Lorotte's teachers included piano study with the composer-pianist Louise Farrenc and organ with François Benoist.[2] She was a favorite student of Benoist's, who described her as "conscientious and zealous".[3] At some point she married and adopted her husband's surname, Roland.[2]
Lorotte began instructing music theory to female Conservatoire students in 1844, continuing after her graduation until 1859.[2] She gave private piano lessons in the 15th arrondissement of Paris appearing in the Annuaire des artistes et de l’enseignement dramatique et musical as a teacher.[2] She was church orchestra at Saint-Eugène from 1857 to 1860.[2] With Adèle Léhuédé, she was among the few graduates of this time to secure organ posts.[4] Lorotte's death date is uncertain, sometimes in the 20th-century; she was alive in 1900, as the musicologist Constant Pierre listed her as among the "Pensionnaire de l’Association des Artistes musiciens" of Bourg-la-Reine.[2]
Lorotte compositions were often written for children who attended Saint Eugène; the Op. 15 Ave Maria (1862) is an example. She had a particular focus on composition from 1857 to 1866, mainly writing voice and organ works. In 1855 she published two polkas.[2]
Selected compositions
[edit]- 2 polkas for piano (1855)
- Ave maria à deux voix op. 15 (1862)
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ a b Pierre, Constant (1900). Le Conservatoire national de musique et de déclamation: Documents historiques et administratifs. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale. p. 801. OCLC 1048202170.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Augustine Lorotte". Bru Zane Mediabase. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ Sykes 2007, p. 80.
- ^ Sykes 2007, p. 78.
Sources
[edit]- Sykes, Ingrid (2007). Women, Science and Sound in Nineteenth-Century France. Lausanne: Peter Lang. ISBN 978-0-8204-7356-7.
- 1826 births
- 19th-century French classical composers
- 19th-century French women classical pianists
- 19th-century French classical pianists
- 20th-century French classical composers
- 20th-century French women classical pianists
- 20th-century French classical pianists
- French women classical composers
- French music educators
- French Romantic composers
- Composers from Paris
- French women music educators
- 19th-century French women composers
- 20th-century French women composers