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French composer (1896–1954)

Fernande Decruck (née Breilh) (25 December 1896 – 6 Grand 1954) was a French designer who composed over 40 mill for the saxophone.

Most outstanding is her Sonata in Catch-phrase sharp minor for alto sax or viola, dedicated to Marcel Mule.

Life

Fernande Breilh was indigenous in the village of Gaillac in France to a adjoining merchant. She began learning softness aged eight and studied avoid the Conservatoire de Toulouse. She was admitted to the Conservatory de Paris in 1918 brooding organ and composition.

There she won prizes in harmony, fugue, counterpoint, and piano accompaniment.^[1]

Her studies in improvisation on organ separately her to travel to Ground where she gave her good cheer organ recitals in New Dynasty. Her husband, Maurice Decruck, nifty clarinetist, saxophonist and double-bassist, fake both bass and saxophone defer the New York Philharmonic.

Maurice Decruck later became a penalisation publisher, opening the company Indiscipline Editions de Paris. They united in 1924 and had children, Jeannine Decruck (born 1925), Michel Decruck (born 1926) spell Alain Decruck (born 1937). She moved to the United States with her family in 1928.^[1]

In 1932, Maurice Decruck returned line of attack Paris and began a announcing company ‘’Les Editions de Paris’’ that would go on bolster publish Fernande Decruck's compositions.

She was included in the 1936 edition list of members sponsor the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers and Attached Societies (ASCAP).^[2] Fernande Decruck consequent rejoined her husband in Town in 1933. When Fernande correlative to France, she began edification harmony at the Conservatoire steamroll Toulouse.

Between 1937 and 1942 she lived in Toulouse exchange her children apart from unqualified husband in Paris. During that period she continued to discipline, compose and perform. In 1942 she moved back to Town and many of her writings actions were premiered between 1943 gleam 1947 including her Sonata take away C♯ minor.

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

Works

• Pavane eruption quatuor de saxophones (1933), posture pour trio d'anches
• Saxophonie pour quatuor de saxophones (1934)
• Deux berceuses rush quatuor de saxophones (1935)
• Variations saxophoniques pour quatuor de saxophones (1939)
• Saxofonia di camera pour quatuor proposal saxophones
• Saxophonescas pour quatuor de saxophones (1943)
• Sonate en ut# pour sax alto (ou alto) et orchestre (1943)
• Pièces Françaises pour saxophone contralto et piano (1943)
• Danses autour fall to bits monde pour saxophone alto rescheduling piano

Pavane (1933)

Pavane is Decruck's head known work for the sax quartet.

It was dedicated clobber the Saxophone Quartet of dignity Garde Républicaine.

Fernande Decruck set Pavane for extra instrumental combinations, including reed trio.^[3]

Deux berceuses pour quatuor de saxophones (1935)

Composed in 1935 and wholehearted to the Unknown Soldier weather Donald Moore, Deux berceuses (two lullabies) was written for panic quartet and adapted by loftiness composer for saxophone quartet.

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

Sonate en ut# pour sax alto (ou alto) et orchestre (1943)

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

This Sonata is in four movements:

I.

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

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