Elisa Delaye-Fuchs Explained

Elisa Delaye-Fuchs (var. Fuchs, Delaye, Fuchs-Delaye) (1872–?) was a Swiss composer and a Professor of Harmony at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève.[1] Although prolific in her output she is very little known today.

Life

She was married to the Russian-born Georges Delaye (1863–1949),[2] a flutist, a composer and a professor at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève.

Works

Organ

Piano duet

Piano solo

Songs for solo voice

Songs: for two voices

Theoretical works

External links

Notes and References

  1. Minder-Jeanneret, Irene (1995). Femmes musiciennes en Suisse romande La musicienne professionnelle au tournant du siecle dans le miroir de lapresse (1894-1914) (Morges: Editions Cabedita)
  2. Zuber, Serge M. (1993). Musiques d'un siecle in Geneve 1893-1993 (Geneva: Ariana, for the Association des artistes musiciens de Geneve) p.63
  3. https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Fuchs-Delaye%2C_Elisa 'Category:Fuchs-Delaye, Elisa'
  4. https://catalogue.cmg.ch/?query=delaye%20elisa%20fuchs&page=1%20%3F%3F%201&sort-by=p&size=50 Catalogue of the library at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève
  5. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb44904556j 'Delaye-Fuchs, E'
  6. https://andrewpink.org/exordia/ ‘Exordia ad missam’ : my lockdown recordings