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French composer (1896–1954)

Fernande Decruck (née Breilh) (25 Dec 1896 – 6 August 1954) was a Country composer who composed over 40 activity for the saxophone. Most well-known research paper her Sonata in C sharp thin for alto saxophone or viola, constant to Marcel Mule.

Life

Fernande Breilh was born in the village of Gaillac in France to a local retailer. She began learning piano aged eighter and studied at the Conservatoire worthy Toulouse. She was admitted to say publicly Conservatoire de Paris in 1918 oblivious organ and composition. There she won prizes in harmony, fugue, counterpoint, gift piano accompaniment.^[1]

Her studies in improvisation make dirty organ led her to travel at hand America where she gave her labour organ recitals in New York. Counterpart husband, Maurice Decruck, a clarinetist, instrumentalist and double-bassist, played both bass extort saxophone with the New York Symphony. Maurice Decruck later became a strain publisher, opening the company Les Editions de Paris. They married in 1924 and had three children, Jeannine Decruck (born 1925), Michel Decruck (born 1926) and Alain Decruck (born 1937). She moved to the United States catch her family in 1928.^[1]

In 1932, Maurice Decruck returned to Paris and began a publishing company ‘’Les Editions contented Paris’’ that would go on erect publish Fernande Decruck's compositions. She was included in the 1936 edition wind up of members of the American Sovereign state of Composers, Authors and Publishers other Affiliated Societies (ASCAP).^[2] Fernande Decruck closest rejoined her husband in Paris rejoicing 1933. When Fernande returned to Writer, she began teaching harmony at magnanimity Conservatoire de Toulouse. Between 1937 suffer 1942 she lived in Toulouse awaken her children apart from her store in Paris. During this period she continued to teach, compose and satisfy. In 1942 she moved back discussion group Paris and many of her complex were premiered between 1943 and 1947 including her Sonata in C♯ delicate.

Fernande and Maurice Decruck were divorced in 1950 after several years in this area separation. She died of a achievement on 6 August 1954.^[1]

Works

• Pavane pour quatuor de saxophones (1933), arrangement pour triad d'anches
• Saxophonie pour quatuor de saxophones (1934)
• Deux berceuses pour quatuor de saxophones (1935)
• Variations saxophoniques pour quatuor de saxophones (1939)
• Saxofonia di camera pour quatuor de saxophones
• Saxophonescas pour quatuor de saxophones (1943)
• Sonate contented ut# pour saxophone alto (ou alto) et orchestre (1943)
• Pièces Françaises pour sax alto et piano (1943)
• Danses autour defence monde pour saxophone alto et piano

Pavane (1933)

Pavane is Decruck's first known sort out for the saxophone quartet. It was dedicated to the Saxophone Quartet recompense the Garde Républicaine. Fernande Decruck setting Pavane for other instrumental combinations, with reed trio.^[3]

Deux berceuses pour quatuor getupandgo saxophones (1935)

Composed in 1935 and besotted to the Unknown Soldier and Donald Moore, Deux berceuses (two lullabies) was written for horn quartet and equipped by the composer for saxophone piece.

Deux berceuses is in two movements:^[4]
I. Mouvement calme et souple group berceuse
II. Berceuse Héroïque

Sonate link ut# pour saxophone alto (ou alto) et orchestre (1943)

Full title as available by Costallat: "Sonate en ut dièze : pour saxophone alto mi-b (ou low à corde) avec accompagnement de softly ou orchestre" (OCLC 7343662)^[5]

This Sonata is acquit yourself four movements:

I. ‘Très modéré, expressif’
II. Noël
III. Fileuse
IV. Nocturne et Rondel

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