Evelyn Faltis
Evelyn Faltis was a Bohemian composer.Life
Evelyn Faltis was born in Trautenau, Bohemia, in 1887, the second of three daughters of Carl Johann and Maria Anna Cecilia Magdalena Faltis who were Viennese bourgeoisie. She began her music studies at the Assomption convent in Paris and later studied at the Vienna Music Academy with Robert Fuchs and Eusebius Mandyczewski. She also studied at the Dresden Conservatory with Felix Draeseke and Eduard Reus, and in Munich with Sophie Menter.
After completing her studies she moved to Berlin, but settled in Vienna in 1933. She became the first woman coach at Bayreuth and worked as accompanist at the Nuremberg Stadttheater am Ring and the Darmstadt Hoftheater, and after 1924 at the Berlin Städtische Oper. She died in Vienna of pneumonia.Works
Faltis composed for orchestra, chamber ensemble, instruments and chorus.
- Sonata in B minor for piano
- Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 1
- Fantastic symphony for orchestra, Op. 2a
- Hamlet symphonic poem, Op. 2b
- Piano Concerto, Op. 3
- Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 4
- Andante and Slavic Dance, Op 5.
- Adagio for Violin and Piano, Op. 5
- Sonata in D minor for Violin and Piano, Op. 6
- Three songs for voice and piano, Op. 7
- *1. Träume - 2. Litanei - 3. Nepomuk
- Seven Songs for Voice and Piano, Op. 8
- *1. Volksweise - 2. Golka - 3. Rosentage - 4. Lied der Tänzerin - 5. Liebeslied - 6. Vigilie - 7. Nebel
- Anrufung: Welche Wege soll ich schreiten for eight-part mixed chorus a capella, Text: Hans Ossenbach, Op. 9
- Six Songs for Voice and Piano, Op. 10
- *1. Warum - 2. Komm heim - 3. Hymne - 4. Libussa - 5. Die Ratlose - 6. An den Mond
- Two sacred songs, Op. 11
- Fantasy and Double Fugue with "Dies Irae" for organ, Op. 12
- Six Gypsy Songs, Op. 13
- *1. Auftrag - 2. Die Verliebten - 3. Abschied - 4. Kolednika - 5. Bräutchens Garten - 6. Die Verlassene
- String Quartet, Op. 13a
- Mass with organ, Op. 13b
- Two songs for voice and piano, Op. 14
- *1. Traum - 2. Der Kirschbaum
- String Quartet, Op. 15
- Lieder fernen Gedenkens for voice and piano, Op. post.
- *1. Unklarheit - 2. Zeig mir dein wahres Bild - 3. Sprich - 4. Heimkehr
