Mme Papavoine

Madame Papavoine née Pellecier (born c. 1735, fl. 1755-61) was a French composer. She married violinist Louis-August Papavoine[1] some time before 1755.[2] Nothing else is known about Madame Papavoine; even her first name is a mystery. After 1761, her name is no longer mentioned.[1]

Works

The Mercure de France published a "Catalogue des oeuvres de M. et Mme Papavoine" in January 1755. This and later issues listed her works as:

  • Les arrets d’amour, cantatille as Mlle. Pellecier
  • La tourterelle, cantatille as Mlle. Pellecier
  • Les charmes de la voix, cantatille as Mlle. Pellecier
  • La fête de l’amour, cantatille as Mlle. Pellecier
  • Issé, cantatilles as Mlle. Pellecier
  • Le joli rien, cantatille as Mlle. Pellecier
  • Le triomphe des plaisirs, cantatille, as Mme. Papavoine
  • Le Cabriolet, cantatille with two violins, as Mme. Papavoine
  • Nous voici donc au jour l’an, 12-bar unaccompanied air gaiment
  • Vous fuyez sans vouloir m’entendre, chanson (1756)
  • Reviens, aimable Thémire, ‘pastoralle’ (1761)
  • La France sauvée ou Le triomphe de la vertù, cantatille [3]
gollark: The aso one looks really cool.
gollark: Neat, one of each seems to have grown now.
gollark: Huh, they're "aqulio". I don't think anyone got that.
gollark: I wonder why it was down, anyway.
gollark: My egg still exists, so it probably wasn't a maintenance downtime for the eggs to be removed.

References
  1. Van Boer, Bertil H. (2012), Historical Dictionary of Music of the Classical Period, Scarecrow Press, pp. 432–433, ISBN 0810871831.
  2. Bowers, Jane M.; Tick, Judith (1986). Women making music: the western art tradition.
  3. Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (2001). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.


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