Eva Dell'Acqua was born in 1856 in
Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium, the daughter of the Italian painter
Cesare Dell'Acqua and his wife Carolina van der Elst. Dell'Acqua had a younger sister, Aline, born July 18th, 1857. Dell'Acqua's name does not appear in documents from the
Royal Conservatory of Brussels, suggesting that her formal music education took place at home through private instruction. Given her father's connections within Brussels' artistic circles, she may have had access to influential musicians in the city, though no specific teacher has been definitively identified. Dell'Acqua composed in the Romantic style and produced orchestral works, pieces for chamber orchestra, and other works for piano and solo voice, opera and stage. Her operettas
La bachelette (1895),
Tambour battant (1900), and
Zizi (1906) were all performed publicly at the
Théâtre Royal des Galeries in the
Royal Saint-Hubert Galleries. In terms of instrumental work, Dell'Acqua composed approximately 14 instrumental works, including four published works, six surviving manuscripts, and four works known only through references in literature. Incomplete dating in manuscripts and publishing catalogs make it difficult to establish reliable chronologies. Dell'Acqua died on 12 February 1930 in
Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium. ==Works==