Devismes, Jeanne-Hippolyte Moyroud
(*1765)> COMPOSER
Devismes, Jeanne-Hippolyte Moyroud (1765; ?), composer, never won great fame because she was always in the shadow of her husband, Anne-Pierre-Jacques de Vismes de Valgay , director of the Opéra from 1777 to 1780. Yet she did create the score for Praxitèle performed at the Opéra in 1800, and her contribution to the repertory in this instance recalls that she was recognized as an accomplished pianist and considered one of Steibelt’s most gifted students. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Sort…