Marie-Elizabeth Cléry

Marie-Elizabeth Cléry (or Mme Duverge-Cléry) née Du Verger or Du Verge (b. 1761, d. after 1795) was a French harpist and composer. She was probably born in Paris and became a harpist in the court of Marie-Antoinette.^[1] 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).^[2][3]

Works

• 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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