Louise Farrenc’s Overture No. 2 in E-flat Major: A Score Rediscovered
After falling into obscurity, the music of Louise Farrenc (1804-1875) was rediscovered in the 1970s and 80s, and has recently surged in popularity. A trailblazing French composer, virtuoso pianist, and teacher, Farrenc was the only female tenured professor in the 19th century at the Paris Conservatory. (She was only permitted to teach female students). Her father was a master craftsman, the fourth generation in a line of painters and sculptors who were …