Emma Maria Macfarren (née ''Emma Marie Bennett'') (19 June 1824 – 9 November 1895) was an English pianist and composer who used the pseudonym Jules Brissac. She was born in London, and in 1846 married John Macfarren, brother of composer

George Alexander Macfarren Sir George Alexander Macfarren (2 March 181331 October 1887) was an English composer and musicologist. Life George Alexander Macfarren was born in London on 2 March 1813 to George Macfarren, a dancing-master, dramatic author and journalist, wh ...

. She toured in the United States of America between 1862 and 1873 with her "Mornings at the Piano" lecture series and published a number of original songs and transcriptions. She died in London.

Works

Macfarren was known for popular piano works. Selected works for piano under the pseudonym Jules Brissac include: *''Cerisette'' (1854), morceau de salon *''Léonie'' (1854), nocturne *''Paulina'', Op. 19 (1855), nocturne *''Corinne'', Op. 22 (1855), nocturne *''La vie et le rêve'' (1855), nocturne *''Olenka'' (1855), mazurka de salon *''Un moment de repos'', Op. 30 (1856), nocturne *''Le passé et le présent'', Op. 26 (1857) *''Couleur de rose'', Op. 21 (1861), bluette *''Long ago'', Op. 10 (1863), nocturne *''The Butterfly'', Op. 97 (1863), caprice-étude *''The Village Bell'', Op. 98 (1863), pastoral melody *''The Music of the Sea'', Op. 104 (1863), caprice-nocturne *''The Babbling Brook, Le murmure du ruisseau'' (1865), caprice-étude *''Trois récréations'' (1865), polkas *''Valse de Bravoure'' (1870)

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