Mme H. Servier
Jeanne Louise Hillemacher Servier was a French composer who published most of her work under the name Mme. 'H. Servier'. Her best known work was Methode Elementaire et Progressive de Chant a l’Usage de Toutes les Voix.
Servier was the oldest of five children born to Wilhelmine and Guillaume Hillemacher. Her youngest brother was the painter Eugène [Ernest Hillemacher|Eugene Ernest Hillemacher]. She married Henry A. Servier sometime before 1835, when she dedicated her composition Variations on the Evening Bells, opus 2, to her husband.
Little is known about Servier’s education. She worked with contemporary composers, musicians, and writers. Jacques-Louis Battmann dedicated his composition Fleur des Alpes to her. She collaborated with cellist Auguste Franchomme to compose a piece for cello and piano. Servier adopted the common practice of writing and arranging works based on themes by other composers, such as Ludwig van Beethoven, Vincenzo Belllini, Gaetano Donizetti, Ambroise Thomas, and Giuseppe Verdi.
Servier’s compositions were published by Henry Lemoine, Pacini, Schonenberger, and Schott. Her publications include:
Chamber
- Introduction et Variations Concertantes sur les Motifs de l’Opéra La double Echelle by Ambroise Thomas
- Le Delassement, opus 1
- ''Variations on the Evening Bells, opus 2''
Piano
- Autumn Leaf Polka-Mazurka
- Exercise pour le Trille, opus 11
- Fantaisie sur l’Opera de Vincenzo Bellini “I Capuletti,” opus 10
- First Bagatelle sur l’Opera de Gaetano Donizetti “Linda de Chamonny,” opus 6
- Fourth Bagatelle sur l’Opera de Giuseppe Verdi “Nabucodonosor,” opus 9
- Simple Melody, opus 5
- Second Bagatelle sur un Theme Original, opus 7
- Third Bagatelle sur l’Opera de Gaetano Donizetti “Maria Padilla,” opus 8
- Three Airs Variees, opus 3
- Trois Airs Favoris a l’Usage des Commencants, opus 3
- ''Variations, opus 5''
Vocal
- “Fleur d’Innocence”
- Methode Elementaire et Progressive de Chant a l’Usage de Toutes les Voix
- Songs from the Opera “La Double Echelle” by Ambroise Thomas