Jeanne-Hippolyte Devismes

Jeanne-Hippolyte Devismes (née Moyroud, 4 January 1770 — 12 January 1836) was a French composer.

Born in Lyon,[1] she studied the piano with Daniel Steibelt and married the director of the Académie Royale de Musique (the Paris Opéra), Jacques de Vismes. Her only known works are a song, "La Dame Jacinthe", and an opera, Praxitėle, ou la ceinture, which was first staged at the Paris Opéra on 24 July 1800. The work was a success and ran for 16 performances.[2] The score has not survived complete. Devismes died in Caudebec-en-Caux.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Archives department of Lyon, paroisse Saint-Pierre-Saint-Saturnin, année 1770.
  2. ↑ Letzer, Jacqueline; Adelson, Robert (2001). Women Writing Opera: Creativity and Controversy in the Age of the French Revolution. Columbia University Press. pp. 36–37. ISBN 0-520-22653-4 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ↑ Archives department of Seine-Maritime, État civil, décès de 1836.
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