Marie-Élisabeth Cléry
Marie-Elizabeth Cléry (or Mme Duverge-Cléry) née Du Verger or Du Verge (10 November 1762 – 4 August 1811) was a French harpist and composer. She was probably born in Paris and became a harpist in the court of Marie-Antoinette. 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).
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Marie-Élisabeth Cléry
- Name
- Marie-Elizabeth Cléry
- Born
- 10 November 1762
- Died
- 4 August 1811
- Occupation
- harpist, composer
- Full name
- Talvaz-Duvergé.
- Nationality
- France.
- Movements
- classical music.
- Languages
- French.
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• Name — Marie-Elizabeth Cléry • Other Names — Mme Duverge-Cléry • Born — 10 November 1762 • Died — 4 August 1811 • Occupation — harpist, composer
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• 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
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1761
Marie-Élisabeth Cléry born at Versailles.
1811
Marie-Élisabeth Cléry died at Paris.
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- 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.
- 3.Sadie, Julie Anne. The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. W. W. Norton & Company. 1994. 9780393034875.
- 4.Sadie, Stanley. The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians: Volume 6. 2001.
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