Mlle Duval

Mlle. Duval (1718–after 1775) was a French composer who composed her first opera at age eighteen. Her first name is unknown.[1] A letter to the Journal des nouvelles de Paris in 1736 reported she was known by the name La Légende because she was an illegitimate child, possibly indicating that Duval was a stage name, and that she was a singer and actress. A review in the Mercure de France reported that she accompanied the full performance of her opera on harpsichord.[2]

Works

Selected works include:

References

  1. ^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994) (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. http://books.google.com/books?id=IvoQQU1QL_QC&pg=PA153&dq=Louise+Duval+(1718%E2%80%93after+1775)&hl=en&ei=OTP5TJ_DBoG8lQfXt7i1Bw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 4 October 2010. 
  2. ^ Letzter, Jacqueline; Adelson, Robert (2001). Women Writing Opera: creativity and controversy in the age of the French Revolution.