WAILLEY – Six Pieces (c.1919)- TRIO OF 2 VIOLINS and 1 CELLO

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Paul Louis Auguste Warnier de Wailly (May 1th6, 1854 – June 18th, 1933) was a French composer.
He started composing at the age of 17 and became a student of César Franck at the Paris Conservatoire. He wrote a youthful Cello Sonata in D major in about 1879.
At the beginning of the 20th century, de Wailly held regular concerts at Château de Bagatelle. During the First World War, he took over the administration of the Abbeville Hospital. In 1921, along with Albert Laurent (1885-1978), he founded the “Society of Friends of Music” in Abbeville to present lectures and organize concerts.
De Wailly created orchestral works (including several symphonies), chamber music (including a piano quintet in F minor, op. 15 from 1895), organ works, and vocal compositions. The majority of his compositions display characteristics of the late romantic tradition of César Franck. Most of de Wailly’s works were composed between 1870-1900 and published in Paris between 1892 and 1930. With the exception of performances at the Société Nationale de Musique (National Music Society), de Wailly’s music did not achieve great success outside appreciation outside a small circle of friends.
Paul de Wailly composed these 6 present pieces for an unusual string trio formation just after World War I (probably 1919).