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Marie-Elizabeth Cléry

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Marie-Elizabeth Cléry
Born1761
Diedafter 1795
NationalityFrench
Other namesMme Duverge-Cléry
Occupation(s)harpist, composer

Marie-Elizabeth Cléry (or Mme Duverge-Cléry)[1] née Du Verger or Du Verge (b. 1761, d. after 1795) was a French harpist and composer. She was probably born in Paris and became a harpist in the court of Marie-Antoinette.[2] After her marriage to Jean-Baptiste Cant-Hanet dit Cléry, she published three sonatas for harp accompanied by violin, Trois Sonates pour La Harpe ou Piano-forte avec Accompagnement de Violon (1785).[3][4]

Works

  • 3 Sonates pour la harpe ou pianoforte, with violin accompaniment; edited by Barbara Garvey Jackson. ClarNan Editions, Arkansas, c. 1988. Sonata 1 in C major, Sonata 2 in E♭ major, Sonata 3 in B♭ major

References

  1. ^ Claudia Schweitzer, Art. "Cléry, Marie Élisabeth", in: Lexikon "Europäische Instrumentalistinnen des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts", hrsg. von Freia Hoffmann, 2008.
  2. ^ "ClarNan Editions:Historic Music by Women Composers". Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  3. ^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  4. ^ Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (2001). The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians: Volume 6.