Jeanne Barbillion


Jeanne Marie Louise Barbillion was a French pianist, violinist, and composer.

Life

Born in Paris, Barbillion attended the Schola Cantorum de Paris from the age of 8. She was a pupil of Vincent d'Indy who gave her orchestration lessons, and Berthe Duranton.
In the late 1910s, she performed as a violinist with Vincent d'Indy in pieces by Nicola Porpora, Franz Schubert and Vincent d'Indy.
In the 1920s, she created the Barbillion Quartet, in collaboration with Denise Vidaillet, Edwige Bergeron, Madeleine Portier, and Marcel Vernet. She composed and created several of her works for her quartet,.
In the 1940s, Barbillion taught chamber music at the.
In 1972, she took part in a day in homage to Charles Fourier, for whom she composed a Hymne sylvestre for mixed choir and mezzo-soprano, Scènes champêtres for piano four hands, and En forêt for piano four hands.
In 1926, she lived on. In 1939 she was awarded the title of Officier of the Ordre des Palmes académiques.
Barbillon died in Paris at the age of 96.

Work

  • 1926. Provence. Deux pièces, for piano
  • 1926. Sonate en ré majeur, for violin and piano. In concert at la Salle des agriculteurs in June 1925. at the September 1925 Salon d'automne and in concert on radio in June 1927.
  • 1928. Trio, for piano, violin and cello
  • 1930. Sonate synthétique, for cello and piano
  • 1936. Quatuor à cordes, for two violins, viola and cello
  • 1972. Hymne sylvestre, for mixed choir and mezzo-soprano. Score available at
  • 1972. Scènes champêtres, 6 pieces for children, for piano four hands
  • 1972. En forêt '', for piano four hands.Aurora, for male choirAutomne, for voice and pianoChorale et pastorale en rondeau, for ondes Martenot, organ and stringsCortège funèbre, for English horn and string orchestraDédicace, for soprano, women's choir and piano
  • Two symphonic movements for orchestraÉtude symphonique for orchestraDorian Hymn, for viola and chromatic harpIle de France, for flute and pianoImpression maritime, for piano Jeanne d'Arc à Rouen, for soloists, choir and orchestra
  • Cadence for Beethoven's Violin ConcertoPan's Sadness, for baritone, flute, harp and The Erinnyes, for soprano, tenor and orchestraThe Flies, for women's choirLa noce, nocturne, for voice and piano. In concert at the TSF, 26 June 1927Poème d'été, for flute, oboe, cello, bassoon and pianoPoème, for cello and pianoProvence, for pianoQuatuor avec piano, for violin, viola, cello and pianoQuintette à ventSonate, for pianoTrio avec piano, for violoi, cello and piano. Prix Marmontel, 1928.Variations sur des vieux Noëls,'' pour quatuor à cordes et orgue. Premiered 25 December 1935 by Maurice Duruflé

Recording

  • 1923. Quatuor nº2, by the Barbillion quartet. Gramophone W 507 à 509.

Video

  • 2020. , for violin and piano, by Francis Paraïso.