Jeanne-Hippolyte Devismes (January 4, 1770,

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— January 12, 1836,

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, État civil, décès de 1836.) (née Jeanne-Hippolyte Moyroud) was a French composer. She studied the piano with

Daniel Steibelt Daniel Gottlieb Steibelt (October 22, 1765) was a German pianist and composer. His main works were composed in Paris and in London, and he died in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Biography Steibelt was born in Berlin, and studied music with Johann K ...

and married the director of the

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(the Paris Opéra),

Anne-Pierre-Jacques Devismes du Valgay Anne-Pierre-Jacques de Vismes, or Devismes, (1745, Paris – 1819, Caudebec-en-Caux) was a French writer and administrator.Pitou 1990, p. 546. Closely associated with the powerful interests of the Ferme Générale (Tax Farm), he managed to get hims ...

. Her only known works are a song, "La Dame Jacinthe", and an opera, ''Praxitėle'', which was first staged at the Paris Opéra on 24 July 1800. The work was a success and ran for 16 performances. The score has not survived complete.

Sources

*Jacqueline Letzer and Robert Adelson ''Women Writing Opera: Creativity and Controversy in the Age of the French Revolution'' (Columbia University Press) pp. 36–37

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