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Marie Bobillier, real name Antoinette Christine Marie Bobillier (12 April 1858 – 4 November 1918) was a French
musicologist Musicology is the academic, research-based study of music, as opposed to musical composition or performance. Musicology research combines and intersects with many fields, including psychology, sociology, acoustics, neurology, natural sciences, f ...
,
music critic '' The Oxford Companion to Music'' defines music criticism as "the intellectual activity of formulating judgments on the value and degree of excellence of individual works of music, or whole groups or genres". In this sense, it is a branch of m ...
, writing under her
pseudonym A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true meaning ( orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individual's o ...
Michel Brenet.


Biography

Born in
Lunéville Lunéville ( ; German : ''Lünstadt'' ; Lorrain: ''Leneinvile'') is a commune in the northeastern French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle. It is a subprefecture of the department and lies on the river Meurthe at its confluence with the Ve ...
of a military father, captain and then colonel in the artillery, Marie Bobillier, a single daughter, lived her childhood in several cities, including
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and
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, before finally settling in Paris in 1871. She learned to play the piano, but a scarlet fever contracted at the age of thirteen rendered her disabled, influencing her decision to devote her life to research, after having been to the Pasdeloup concerts. She was one of the first French women musicologists. Her first publication, ''Histoire de la symphonie à orchestre'' (1882), won a prize in Brussels (
Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium The Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium ( , sometimes referred to as ' ) is the independent learned society of science and arts of the French Community of Belgium. One of Belgium's numerous academies, it is the French-speak ...
), engaging her ever-increasing reputation in the French musicological world. With a rigorous method that drew on the most reliable sources and documents, she made a series of publications – several valuable studies devoted to vocal music by Ockeghem,
Goudimel Claude Goudimel (c. 1514 to 1520 – between 28 August and 31 August 1572) was a FrenchPaul-André Gaillard, "Goudimel, Claude", ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', ed. Stanley Sadie. 20 vol. London, Macmillan Publishers Ltd., ...
,
Palestrina Palestrina (ancient ''Praeneste''; , ''Prainestos'') is a modern Italian city and ''comune'' (municipality) with a population of about 22,000, in Lazio, about east of Rome. It is connected to the latter by the Via Prenestina. It is built upon ...
(1906),
Sébastien de Brossard Sébastien de Brossard (; 12 September 165510 August 1730) was a French music theorist, composer and collector. Life Brossard was born in Dompierre, Orne. After studying philosophy and theology at Caen, he studied music and established himself ...
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Handel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel ( ; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concerti. Born in Halle, Germany, H ...
,
Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn ( ; ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions ...
, Grétry and
Berlioz Louis-Hector Berlioz (11 December 1803 â€“ 8 March 1869) was a French Romantic music, Romantic composer and conductor. His output includes orchestral works such as the ''Symphonie fantastique'' and ''Harold en Italie, Harold in Italy'' ...
. Bobillier also approached classical and medieval instrumental music and left a precious and independent ''Dictionnaire pratique et historique de la musique'', completed and published by
Amédée Gastoué Amédée Henri Gustave Noël Gastoué (19 March 1873 – 1 June 1943) was a French musicologist and composer. Biography A Kapellmeister at the , professor of gregorian chant at the Schola Cantorum of Paris, Gastoué was particularly interested ...
in 1926. Her book ''Notes sur l’histoire du luth en France'' paved the way for further research in this area. Her major works are ''Les musiciens de la Sainte-Chapelle du Palais''("her masterpiece" according to La Laurencie), ''Les concerts en France sous l’ancien régime'' and ''La librairie musicale en France de 1653 à 1790'', where she demonstrates her great scholarship and competence as a music historian. Jean-Marie Fauquet summed up Marie Bobillier's work in one sentence: "It is of exceptional quality, both in terms of the variety of subjects dealt with and the method applied". As a critic or musicologist, she collaborated with magazines such as ' (from 1911 to 1913), of which she was one of the founders with
Jean Chantavoine Jean François Henri Chantavoine (17 May 1877 – 16 July 1952) was a French musicologist and biographer and the secretary-general of the . Chantavoine was born in Paris. He published numerous books and articles, including biographies of Be ...
(1877–1952),
Louis Laloy Louis Laloy (Gray, 18 February 1874 – Dole, 4 March 1944) was a French musicologist, writer and sinologist. A Doctor of Letters (he spoke French, English, German, Italian, Latin, Russian, Greek and Chinese), he became an eminent musicologist, ...
and
Lionel de La Laurencie Lionel de La Laurencie (24 July 1861 – 21 November 1933) was a French musicologist and first president of the 1917 founded ''Société française de musicologie'' (French association of musicologists) from 1917 to 1920 and from 1931 to 1933. ...
– she wrote bibliographies of French, German, English and Italian books, in the ''Revue musicale'', the ', the ''Archives historiques, artistiques, littéraires'', ''
Le Correspondant ''Le Correspondent'' was a French Catholic review, founded in March 1829 by Louis de Carné, Edmond de Cazalès, and Camille-Augustin de Meaux. The motto of this moderately royalist Catholic review was "Liberté civile et religieuse par tout l†...
'', the ''Courrier musical'', the ''Guide du concert'', the ''Journal musical'', ''Le ménestrel'' and the ''Tribune de Saint-Gervais'' (the monthly newsletter of the ''
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''), etc.; Abroad, she collaborated with the ''
Rivista Musicale Italiana ''Rivista Musicale Italiana'' (The Italian Music Magazine) (also referred to as RMI) was a quarterly periodical of musicology, musicological subject published by Giuseppe Bocca. The periodical began publishing in Turin in 1894 until 1933 when it w ...
'' and the ''
Musical Quarterly ''The Musical Quarterly'' is the oldest academic journal on music in America. Originally established in 1915 by Oscar Sonneck, the journal was edited by Sonneck until his death in 1928. Sonneck was succeeded by a number of editors, including C ...
''. She also contributed to Lavignac's Encyclopedia of music. Endowed with a very reserved personality and while "the stage frightened her", she gave a few lectures but declined participating in learned societies. She left notes, quotations and transcripts, accumulated throughout her research, bound after her death in nineteen volumes, and preserved under the name ''Documents sur l’histoire de la musique'' at the
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. Her pseudonym comes from the village of Les Brenets in the
Doubs Doubs (, ; ; ) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Eastern France. Named after the river Doubs, it had a population of 543,974 in 2019.Le Correspondant ''Le Correspondent'' was a French Catholic review, founded in March 1829 by Louis de Carné, Edmond de Cazalès, and Camille-Augustin de Meaux. The motto of this moderately royalist Catholic review was "Liberté civile et religieuse par tout l†...
'', 10 December 1893 . * ''Quatre femmes musiciennes '': Jacquet de La Guerre,
Hélène de Montgeroult Marquise Hélène de Montgeroult born Hélène Antoinette Marie de Nervo (2 March 1764 – 20 May 1836) was a French composer and pianist. Recognised as one of the best fortepiano performers and improvisers of her time, and a published composer, d ...
,
Louise Bertin Louise-Angélique Bertin (; 15 January 1805 – 26 April 1877) was a French composer and poet.Hugh Macdonald, "Bertin, Louise", in: ''Grove Music Online'Oxford Music Online(subscription required) (accessed 30 December 2010). Life and music Ber ...
,
Louise Farrenc Louise Farrenc (; 31 May 1804 – 15 September 1875) was a French composer, virtuoso pianist and teacher of the Romantic music, Romantic period. Her compositions include three symphonies, a few choral works, numerous chamber music, chamber piec ...
, '' L’Art'' 2nd series, volume 4 (1894), (pp. 107–112, 142–147, 177–183/183–187)
Jacquet de La GuerreHélène de MontgeroultLouise Bertin et L. Farrenc
* ''Les Opéras féminins'', ''Gazette musicale de la Suisse Romande'', 28 February 1895, (pp. 68–72). * "Jean Mouton", ''Tribune de Saint-Gervais'' 5 (1899), (pp. 323–334). * "Guy d’Arezzo", Ponthus Teutonicus et l’abbé Odon », ''Tribune de Saint-Gervais'' 8 (1902), (pp. 121). * ''L’amitié de Berlioz et de Liszt'', ''Guide musical'' 50 (1904), (pp. 595–687). * . * * ''Mme de Genlis musicienne'', ''Revue musicale S.I.M.'' 2 (1912), (pp. 1–14
Read online
* ' (F. Alcan) *
L'Année musicale 1911 vol. 1
on archive.org, ''Deux traductions françaises inédites des institutions harmoniques de Zarlino'' (1911) (pp. 125–144). *
L'Année musicale 1912 vol. 2
on archive.org, Participe à la bibliographie uniquement *
L'Année musicale 1913 vol. 3
on archive.org, ''Bibliographie des bibliographies musicales'', Année musicale (1913), (pp. 1–52),


Publisher

Marie Bobillier published music scores by Alexandre-Pierre-François Boëly at M. Senart (before 1909). * ''30 caprices'', opus 2 (1816) * 24 pieces for piano, opus 22 (1858) * Pieces for piano, opus 34 (1810) * Pieces for piano, opus 47 (1846) * Pieces for piano, opus 48 (1848–51) * Pieces for piano, opus 50 (1816–1854) * Pieces for piano, opus 51 (1853) * Pieces for piano, opus 52 (1853) * Pieces for piano, opus 55 (1855)


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''Dictionnaire pratique et historique de la musique'' (1926)


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Marie Bobillier
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