Jeanne-Hippolyte Devismes (17651834?) (née Jeanne-Hippolyte Moyroud) was a French composer. She studied the piano with Daniel Steibelt

Daniel Steibelt

Daniel Gottlieb Steibelt , was a German pianist and composer who died in Saint Petersburg, Russia.-Life and music:Daniel Steibelt was born in Berlin, and studied music with Johann Kirnberger before being forced by his father to join the Prussian army. Deserting, he began a nomadic career as a...

 and married the director of the Académie Royale de Musique

Paris Opera

The Paris Opera is the primary opera company of Paris, France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the Académie d'Opéra and shortly thereafter was placed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Lully and renamed the Académie Royale de Musique...

 (the Paris Opéra), 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.

Sources

• Jacqueline Letzer and Robert Adelson Women Writing Opera: Creativity and Controversy in the Age of the French Revolution (Columbia University Press) pp. 36–37