Elisa Delaye-Fuchs (''var.'' Fuchs, Delaye, Fuchs-Delaye) (1872–?) was a
Swiss
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*Swiss Internation ...
composer
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Etymology and Defi ...
and a
Professor
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of
Harmony
In music, harmony is the process by which individual sounds are joined together or composed into whole units or compositions. Often, the term harmony refers to simultaneously occurring frequencies, pitches ( tones, notes), or chords. However ...
at the
Conservatoire de Musique de Genève. Although prolific in her output she is very little known today.
Life
She was married to the
Russian-born Georges Delaye (1863–1949), a
flutist, a composer and a professor at the
Conservatoire de Musique de Genève.
Works
Organ
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** Electronic organ, an electronic keyboard instrument
** Hammond ...
*Op.21. ''
Ave Maria
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''
['Fuchs-Delaye, Elisa']
''IMSLP Petruccia Music Library''. Online resource, accessed 15 May 2021
*Op.24. ''Jour de fête''
*Op.25. ''Pièce en La bémol majeur''
Piano
duet
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*Op.27. ''Impressions de voyage''
Piano solo
*Op.1. ''
Berceuse
A berceuse is "a musical composition usually in time that resembles a lullaby". Otherwise it is typically in triple meter. Tonally most berceuses are simple, often merely alternating tonic and dominant harmonies; since the intended effect is ...
et
Gavotte''
[Catalogue of the library at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève]
Online resource, accessed 15 May 2021.
*Op.3. ''Huit pièces pour piano ''
*Op.4/1. ''Suite No.1: Temps d'automn''
*Op.4/2. ''Suite No.2: Un, deux, trois''
*Op.5. ''
Impromptu'''
*Op.8. ''Sonatine''
*Op.9. ''
Sonate en la majeur''
*Op.10. ''Sonatine pour piano en ut majeur''
*Op.16. ''Sonatine en sol majeur''
*Op.30. ''Simple
valse'''
*Op.33 ''Suite: A la montagne''
*Op. 45. ''Pour la jeunesse''
Songs for solo voice
*Op.11. ''
Ritournelle
The ritournelle is a 17th-century dance in quick triple time.
'Ritournelle' is the French equivalent of the Italian musical term 'ritornello
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''
*Op.15. ''
Rondeau''
Songs: for two voices
*Op.2. ''Adoration''
*Op.119. ''Canetons et poussin''
*Op1.121. ''Lapin et mésange''
*Op.122. ''Petite pomme rouge''
*Op.123. ''Le Club alpin des escargots''
*Op.130. ''Quand les chats mangent du pain''
*Op.134. ''Oh! La bonne dinette''
'
Theoretical works
*Op. 22. ''Cours de lecture rythmique.''
External links
* Andrew Pink performs (2021
''Pièce en La bémol majeur'', op. 25re
‘Exordia ad missam’ : my lockdown recordings Web resource, accessed 27 November 2021.
References
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1872 births
19th-century Swiss musicians
20th-century women musicians
20th-century women composers
Swiss women composers
Composers for piano
Composers for pipe organ
Year of death missing
20th-century Swiss composers