Berthe di Vito-Delvaux (17 May 1915 – 2 April 2005) was a Belgian composer.

Biography

Berthe di Vito-Delvaux was born in Angleur,

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. She studied theory with Désiré Duysens, harmony with Louis Lavoye and piano with Jeanne House at the Royal Academy of Music of

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, and composition under

Léon Jongen Léon Jongen (2 March 1884 – 18 November 1969) was a Belgian composer and organist. Musical career He was born in Liège, on March 2, 1884. His father Alphonse had an atelier there and worked as a woodcarver. Jongen studied at the Royal Cons ...

at the Brussels Royal Academy of Music. She married at eighteen, but completed her studies and then took a position teaching harmony at the Royal Academy of Music of Liège. In 1949, Berthe di Vito-Delvaux moved to

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, and then in 1964 back to Angleur where she died in 2005.

Awards and honors

Di Vito-Delvaux received honors and awards including: *Maria Prize from the City of Liège 1938 * Prix de Rome in 1943 *Composition prize from the province of Limburg 1952 *Modeste Grétry Prize from Société d'Auteurs Belge – Belgische Auteurs Maatschappi (SABAM) in 1962 *Consecration Prize from the Province of Liège in 1978.

Works

Di Vito-Delvaux composed ballets, opera, and theatrical works, as well as works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, voice and instruments. Selected works include: *Sonata for horn and piano, Op. 109 *''A Jacqueline op. 157'', 1985 for violin and piano *''Abandon op. 169'', 1988 for mezzo-soprano and piano *''Abigaïl op. 45'', 1950 opera *''Abigaïl: Air de Hugo op. 45'', 1950 for tenor and piano *''Adagio op. 68'', 1954 for cello and piano *''Airs à danser op. 48'', 1950 for orchestra *''Airs à danser op. 49'', 1951 for piano *Sonata for viola and piano, Op. 60, 1955 *''Amours païennes op. 24'', 1943 for tenor, soprano, women's choir and orchestra *''Ariane et Bacchus/Bacchantes op. 24'', 1943 for orchestra *''Au long du chemin'' for women's choir a cappella *Concerto, Op. 120 1969 *''Grétry'' comic opera, Op. 137 Her compositions have been recorded and issued on CD including: *''Berthe di Vito-Delvaux (1915-2005) Chamber Music: Works for Voice and Wind Instruments'', Audio CD, Quartziade

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Full list of works
1915 births 2005 deaths 20th-century classical composers Belgian music educators Belgian women classical composers Belgian classical composers Belgian opera composers Musicians from Liège Women opera composers Belgian women music educators 20th-century women composers {{Belgium-composer-stub