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Mme. Tarbé Des Sablons
Michelle Catherine Josephine Guespereau Tarbé des Sablons (1777–1855) was a French author and composer. She was best known for her "moral" novels, but also composed several operas. She was generally known as Mme. Tarbé des Sablons. She married the lawyer Sébastien André Tarbé des Sablons in March 1795. They lived in Melun, France, and had two sons, Edmond and Eugène. Edmond published several novels, and both brothers wrote music criticism for Le Figaro newspaper. In 1872, the Pall Mall Budget reported that "a new comic opera, ''La chanson de l'étoile'', the libretto by Edouard Blau, and the music by Louis Gérome, asin reality omposed byMme. Tarbé des Sablons." Some of Tarbé des Sablons' music was published in a supplement to Le Gaulois called ''A Nos Abonnes''. Her publications included: Selected works Books *''Auguste et Therese'' *''Eudolie Ou La Jeune Malade (Eudolia Or The Young Sick)'' *''La Marquise de Valcour Ou Le Triomphe de l'Amour Maternel (The Marqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melun
Melun () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region, north-central France. It is located on the southeastern outskirts of Paris, about from the centre of the capital. Melun is the prefecture of Seine-et-Marne, and the seat of one of its ''arrondissements''. Its inhabitants are called ''Melunais''. History Meledunum began as a Gaulish town; Caesar noted Melun as "a town of the Senones, situated on an island in the Seine"; at the island there was a wooden bridge, which his men repaired. Roman Meledunum was a ''mutatio'' where fresh horses were kept available for official couriers on the Roman road south-southeast of Paris, where it forded the Seine. Around 500 A.D, Clovis I granted Melun to a Gallo-Roman magnate, Aurelianus, who had fought for Clovis several times and apparently influenced his conversion to Christianity. The Normans sacked it in 845. The castle of Melun became a royal residence of the Capetian kings. Hugh Capet (See also: Hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmond Tarbé Des Sablons
Edmond-Joseph-Louis Tarbé des Sablons (20 February 1838 – 14 December 1900) was a French journalist and man of letters. Origins Edmond-Joseph-Louis Tarbé des Sablons was born in Paris on 20 February 1838. He came from one of the many branches of the family of Louis Hardouin Tarbé, Minister of Finance from 1791 to 1792. He was grandson of Sébastien-André Tarbé des Sablons, known for publishing the first classical book on weights and measures, who was authorized to add "des Sablons" to his surname of "Tarbé" by a decree of 1817. He was one of two sons of Mme. Tarbé des Sablons, who gained some reputation for composing several operas. Life Tarbé des Sablons wrote musical criticisms under the pseudonym "Zanony" in ''l’Époque'', published by Georges Feydeau. He collaborated with his brother Eugène in articles for various journals, either under his own name or using various pseudonyms. They wrote joint articles of musical criticism for ''Le Figaro'' when it became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
