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French woman composer (1807–1858)
Jeanne Louise Hillemacher Servier (1807-1858)
[1] was a French composer who published most of her work under the name Mme. H. Servier .
[2] Her best known work was Methode Elementaire et Progressive de Chant a l’Usage de Toutes les Voix .
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Servier was the oldest of five children born to Wilhelmine (Faber) and Guillaume Hillemacher. Her youngest brother was the painter
Eugene Ernest Hillemacher .
[6] She married Henry A. Servier sometime before 1835, when she dedicated her composition Variations on the Evening Bells, opus 2 , to her husband.
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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.
[8] 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 .
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Servier’s compositions were published by
Henry Lemoine ,
[12] Pacini,
[7] Schonenberger,
[10] and
Schott .
[9] Her publications include:
Introduction et Variations Concertantes sur les Motifs de l’Opéra La double Echelle by Ambroise Thomas (cello and piano; composed with Auguste Franchomme)
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Le Delassement, opus 1 (violin and piano)
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Variations on the Evening Bells, opus 2 (cello or violin and piano)
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Autumn Leaf Polka-Mazurka
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Exercise pour le Trille, opus 11
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Fantaisie sur l’Opera de Vincenzo Bellini “I Capuletti,” opus 10 (four hands)
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First Bagatelle sur l’Opera de Gaetano Donizetti “Linda de Chamonny,” opus 6
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Fourth Bagatelle sur l’Opera de Giuseppe Verdi “Nabucodonosor,” opus 9
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Simple Melody, opus 5 (four hands)
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Second Bagatelle sur un Theme Original, opus 7
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Third Bagatelle sur l’Opera de Gaetano Donizetti “Maria Padilla,” opus 8
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Three Airs Variees, opus 3 (four hands)
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Trois Airs Favoris a l’Usage des Commencants, opus 3 (four hands)
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Variations, opus 5 (four hands)
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“Fleur d’Innocence” (text by Quetelet)
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Methode Elementaire et Progressive de Chant a l’Usage de Toutes les Voix
[3]
Songs from the Opera “La Double Echelle” by Ambroise Thomas (text by Eugene de Planard; piano reduction by Servier)
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Download free sheet music by Servier
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^ Weir, Albert E. (1938). The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians . New York: The Macmillan Company. p. 1720.
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e Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers (2nd ed.). New York: Books & Music (USA). p. 634.
ISBN
978-0-9617485-2-4 .
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The Musician . Hatch Music Company. 1897.
^ Stratton, Stephen S. (1882).
"Woman in Relation to Musical Art" . Proceedings of the Musical Association . 9 : 115–146.
doi :
10.1093/jrma/9.1.115 .
ISSN
0958-8442 .
JSTOR
765220 .
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"Family tree of Jeanne Louise HILLEMACHER" . Geneanet . Retrieved 26 July 2022 .
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"IMSLP" . imslp.org . Retrieved 26 July 2022 .
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"Fleur des Alpes, Op.55 (Battmann, Jacques-Louis) - IMSLP" . imslp.org . Retrieved 26 July 2022 .
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"List of works by Auguste Franchomme - IMSLP" . imslp.org . Retrieved 26 July 2022 .
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"WorldCat.org" . worldcat.org . Retrieved 26 July 2022 .
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Fantasie pour le piano .
OCLC
844015103 .
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La Double échelle, opéra comique en 1 acte .
OCLC
844460200 – via worldcat.org.
^ Benton, Rita; Pleyel, Ignaz; Sivan, Abigail Benton; Halley, Jeanne (1990).
Pleyel as Music Publisher: A Documentary Sourcebook of Early 19th-century Music . Pendragon Press.
ISBN
978-0-918728-61-6 .
^ Laurence, Anya (1978).
Women of notes : 1,000 women composers born before 1900 . R. Rosen Press.
OCLC
3844781 .