Guyon, Mlle. Thérèse

Guyon, Mlle. ThérèseGuyon, ThérèseThérèse Guyon (B * NEW ORLEANS – D † PARIS) Born Thérèse Delpit, amateur singer and salon hostess, she is the dedicatee of Fauré's »Le Pays des rêves,« which she premiered along with »Les Roses d'Ispahan« in 1884. She entertained Victorien Sardou (1831–1908) and Alexandre Dumas »fils« (1824–1895) in her salon, among others. One of her brothers, Albert Delpit (1849–1893), was a minor novelist, poet, and dramatist, some of whose poetry was set by Gounod…