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. 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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