Marcelle Fanny Henriette Soulage (12 December 1894, Lima, Peru – 17 December 1970, Paris, France) was a French pianist, music critic and composer.
Marcelle Soulage was born in Lima, Peru, to French parents. Her father was a mining engineer and had been appointed Professor of Mineralogical Chemistry at the Instituto de Ingenieros de Minas del Perú. The family returned to Paris when Marcelle was four-and-a-half years old. She began piano lessons at the age of five, and subsequently entered the Conservatoire de Paris studying with Georges Caussade, Paul Vidal, Vincent d'Indy and Nadia Boulanger. Soulage served as professor of piano at the Conservatoire d'Orléans (1921–1925) and professor of music theory at the Conservatoire de Paris (1949–1965).
Soulage composed orchestral works, chamber music and songs, sometimes writing under the pseudonym Marc Sauval. Her Suite for violin, viola and piano won the Prix Leaulle in 1918, and Cello Sonata the Prix des Amis de la Musique in 1920.
Soulage's music is published by: Evette & Schaeffer; Buffet-Crampon; Max Eschig; Rouart, Lerolle & Cie; L. Philippo.
Orchestral
Valse (1911); composed under the pseudonym Marc Sauval
Menuet (1918); composed under the pseudonym Marc Sauval
Danse cosaque, Op. 77 (1927)
Invocation à la nuit et danse orientale (1928)
Badinages (1931)
Chamber music
3 Pièces brèves for violin (or cello, or flute, or oboe) and piano, Op. 9
- Danse
- Berceuse
- Scherzo
Légende for flute, oboe and harp, Op. 13 (1917)
Suite in C minor for violin, viola and piano (1918)
Pastorale for oboe (or English horn) and harp (or piano), Op. 15 (1920)
Fantaisie concertante for cornet and piano, Op. 19
Sonata for viola and piano, Op. 25 (1919)
Sonata in F♯ minor for cello and piano, Op. 31 (1919)
Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 34 (1922)
Sonata in G major for flute and piano, Op. 35
Sonata in D minor violin and piano, Op. 36 (1920)
Sonata in F major for viola solo, Op. 43 (1921)
String Quartet in C minor, Op. 58 (1922)
Piano Quartet (1925)
Prélude et danse fantasque for cornet and piano (or orchestra), Op. 80 (published 1930)
Les Premiers Ensembles, 6 Pièces progressives for violin and piano (1931)
Rêverie et danse exotique for double bass and piano (or orchestra) (published 1954); composed for the Concours du Conservatoire national de musique de Paris
Fantaisie hébraïque "Yis-roël" for viola and piano
Sonate pastorale for flute and bassoon
Trio for flute, oboe and piano
Harp
Pièce in C♯ minor for 2 harps (1916)
Petites pièces for harp (1916)
- Choral in A minor
- Danse in C minor
Barcarolle for harp, Op. 17
Keyboard
Variations sur une chanson populaire L'avocat for piano (1918)
Suite de danses anciennes for piano (or harp, or piano 4-hands), Op. 32
Improvisation sur un thème de Vincent d'Indy for piano, Op. 41
30 Petits préludes dans tous les tons (sans octaves; d'assez facile à moyenne force) for piano, Op. 45 (1922)
4 Pièces enfantines for piano, Op. 45 (1922); extracts from 30 Petits préludes dans tous les tons, Op. 45
Auprès de ma blonde, Fantaisie for piano (published 1925)
2 Pièces caractéristiques for piano (pour petites mains), Op. 78 (published 1927)
- Jean qui pleure
- Jean qui rit
Dialogues: Ronde villageoise for harpsichord (1939)
Pages choisies d'hier et d'aujourd'hui: 34 Pièces de difficulté progressive, classées et doigtées for piano (published 1955)
Vocal
Berceuse d'Armorique for voice and piano (1912); words by Anatole Le Braz
Babillarde! À une aronde! (Hirondelle) for mezzo-soprano and piano (1917); words by Jean-Antoine de Baïf
Ballade: Cette fille, elle est morte! for baritone and piano (1917); words by Paul Fort
De plaines en plaines for soprano and piano (1917); words by Robert de Souza
Dormez-vous? for baritone and piano (1917); words extracted from Dominical (1892) by Max Elskamp
D'un vanneur de blé aux vents! for tenor and piano (1917); words by Joachim du Bellay
Il est en moi des pensées! for baritone and piano (1917); words by Carlos Larronde
Nocturne for mezzo-soprano and piano (1917); words by Jean Moréas
Mélodies for voice and piano, Op. 12 (1917)
- Cantilène de la pluie; words by Auguste Gaud
- Pâle et lente; words by André Rivoire
Yver, vous n'estes qu'un villain (Hiver, vous n'êtes qu'un vilain) for voice and piano, Op. 14 (1920); words by Charles d'Orléans
Chant maternel, Mélodie for voice and piano (1922); words by Jules Grisez-Droz; composed under the pseudonym Marc Sauval
Au balcon des mélancolies for voice and piano, Op. 20; words by Jean Hytier
Dessus le quai (d'après une chanson populaire) for voice and piano, Op. 24; words by Jean Hytier
Laissez-moi mourir lentement for voice and piano, Op. 27 (1922); words by Pierre Aguétant
Sur la rivière noire for medium voice and piano, Op. 28 (1923); words by Raymond Philippon
Rendez-vous dans le parc for female voice and piano, Op. 29 (1923); words by Jean Hytier
Le Gai printemps for soprano or tenor and piano; words by Paul Rispal
Choral
Choral: Chant donné pour le contrepoint rigoureux (1913)
Le Repos en Egypte, Chorus in 4 parts for female chorus and piano (1917); words by Albert Samain
Lamentation des 300 captives du Roi des Morts, Chorus in 3 parts for female chorus and piano or orchestra, Op. 48 (1922); words by Chrétien de Troyes
A Lauterbach, Chanson for 4 mixed voices a cappella (1937); words by the composer after Alsatian texts
Hymne au travail: Laboremus for 2-part children's chorus and piano (1937); words by Jean Bergeaud
Hymne des créatures d'après St François d'Assise for unison chorus and piano, or organ, or harmonium (1948); also for 3 voices a cappella; words by René Christian-Frogé
Qui veut avoir liesse, Double Canon for 4 mixed voices a cappella; words by Clément Marot
Recueillement, Chorus in 2 parts for soprano and female chorus; words by Georges Parmentier
Literary and pedigogical works
Mes exercices for piano (1946)
Douze Leçons de solfège: à changements de clefs sur toutes les clefs (difficiles et très difficiles), Henry Lemoine, 1953.
Principes de théorie musicale, Henry Lemoine, 1955.
Dictées polyphoniques, Henry Lemoine, 1956.
Le solfège, Presses universitaires de France, 1962.
Rythmes et modes: 20 Leçons de solfège à changements de clés sur toutes les clés, avec accompagnement de piano, Henry Lemoine, 1962.