Evelyn Faltis

Evelyn Faltis (20 February 1887 – 13 May 1937 ) was a Czech composer. Life Evelyn Faltis was born in Trutnov, Bohemia, in 1887, the second of three daughters of Carl Johann and Maria Anna Cecilia Magdalena Faltis (born Wiesenburg) 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 female coach at Bayreuth and worked as an accompanist at the Nuremberg Stadttheater am Ring and the Darmstadt Hoftheater, and after 1924 at the Städtische Oper in Berlin. She died in Vienna of pneumonia. Works Faltis composed for orchestra, chamber ensemble, instruments and chorus. *Sonata in B minor for piano (no Op., about 1909) *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. (Op. 5 was counted twice) *Adagio for Violin