Jeanne-Hippolyte Devismes


Jeanne-Hippolyte Devismes was a French composer. She studied the piano with Daniel Steibelt and married the director of the Académie Royale de Musique, Anne-Pierre-Jacques Devismes du Valgay. Her only known works are a song, "La Dame Jacinthe", and an opera, Praxitėle, which was first staged at the Paris Opéra on 24 July 1800. The work was a success and ran for 16 performances. The score has not survived complete.