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Musician Educator Composer Music educator Pianist |
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| From | France | ||||
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Academia Music |
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| Gender | female | ||||
| Birth | 2 July 1814, Paris | ||||
| Death |
6 November 1865, Paris (aged 51 years) |
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Atala Thérèse Annette Wartel, née Adrien, (born Paris, 2 July 1814, died Paris 6 November 1865) was a French pianist, music educator, composer and critic.
Biography
Thérèse Wartel was the daughter of the opera singer Martin-Joseph Adrien or Andrien (1767-1822) and the Baroness Gabrielle Constance de Philippy de Bucelly d’Estrées (1782-1854). She was also the sister of the piano virtuoso Rosine-Charlotte DelSarte (née Adrien) who was the wife of the renowned French music and movement teacher Francois DelSarte (1811-1871).
She studied music at the Conservatoire, became an accompanist, and from 1831-38 taught as a professor at the Conservatoire. She was the first female soloist ever admitted at the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire in 1838.
In 1833 she married tenor Pierre-François Wartel (1806-1882), and had a son Émile who performed for many years at the Théâtre-Lyrique, and later established a vocal school of his own.
Works
Wartel composed caprices, fantasies, etudes, ballads and romances. Selected compositions include:
- Lessons on the Pianoforte Sonatas of Beethoven
- Souvenirs of the Huguenots, fantaisie, Leipzig
- Caprice
- Andante, Autograph, 1843
- Six Etudes de salon pour piano op 10, Paris, 1850
- Andante Opus 11, 1851
Wartel also published a number of articles and letters on music subjects.