| Augustine Lorotte | |
| Birth Name: | Marie-Augustine-Aimée-Hippolyte Lorotte |
| Birth Date: | 4 October 1826 |
| Birth Place: | Pantin, Paris, France |
| Death Date: | 20th century |
| Death Place: | France |
Marie-Augustine-Aimée-Hippolyte Lorotte (4 October 1826 – 19??) was a French pianist, organist and composer of the late Romantic period.
Augustine Lorotte was born on 4 October 1826 in Pantin, Paris, France; her full birth name was Marie-Augustine-Aimée-Hippolyte Lorotte.[1] The daughter of a Paris Opera singer, she began a lengthy education at the Conservatoire de Paris from age 10 (1836) until 1854.[2] Her prizes at the Conservatoire were in music theory: runner up (accessit; 1836), 2nd prize (1837) and 1st prize (1838); harmony and accompaniment: 2nd prize (1840) and 1st prize (1842); piano: runner up (1847) and 2nd prize (1849); and organ: 2nd prize (1853) and 1st prize (1854).[1] Lorotte's teachers included piano study with the composer-pianist Louise Farrenc and organ with François Benoist.[2] She was a favorite student of Benoist's, who described her as "conscientious and zealous". At some point she married and adopted her husband's surname, Roland.[2]
Lorotte began instructing music theory to female Conservatoire students in 1844, continuing after her graduation until 1859.[2] She gave private piano lessons in the 15th arrondissement of Paris appearing in the Annuaire des artistes et de l’enseignement dramatique et musical as a teacher.[2] She was church orchestra at Saint-Eugène from 1857 to 1860.[2] With Adèle Léhuédé, she was among the few graduates of this time to secure organ posts. Lorotte's death date is uncertain, sometimes in the 20th-century; she was alive in 1900, as the musicologist Constant Pierre listed her as among the "Pensionnaire de l’Association des Artistes musiciens" of Bourg-la-Reine.[2]
Lorotte compositions were often written for children who attended Saint Eugène; the Op. 15 Ave Maria (1862) is an example. She had a particular focus on composition from 1857 to 1866, mainly writing voice and organ works. In 1855 she published two polkas.[2]