Loïsa Puget
Loïsa Puget
Loïsa Puget (11 February 1810 – 24 October 1889) was a French composer.
Life
Loïsa Puget's mother was a singer, and saw that her daughter received a musical education including study at the same school as George Sand. Puget composed and performed her own music in salons and married her lyricist Gustave Lemoine. She was most productive from 1830 to 1845, and composed the music for over 300 songs. In 1841 Lemoine and Adolphe d'Ennery wrote a melodrama based on Puget's most successful song, La Grâce de Dieu, which provided the idea for Donizetti’s Linda di Chamounix.[1][2]
Works
Puget's composed for popular consumption, including family drawing room performance, popular concerts and school songbooks. Selected works include:
- Belle pour lui ! (Text: Gustave Lemoine)
- Jeune fille, à quinze ans (Text: Gustave Lemoine)
- La chanson du charbonnier, ou Blanc et noir (Text: Gustave Lemoine)[3]
- Le mauvais œil, opera, 1836
- À la grâce de Dieu
References
- ↑ Barton, Sarah (14 October 2010). "La Belle, La Perfectly Swell Romance". Retrieved 30 November 2010.
- ↑ Schleifer, Martha Furman; Glickman, Sylvia (1999). Women Composers: Composers born 1800-1899.
- ↑ "Composer: Loïsa Puget (1810-1899)". Retrieved 30 November 2010.
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