Mlle Guerin
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Mlle Guerin was a French
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...

 composer
Composer
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. She composed an opera
Opera
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 at age 16, titled Daphnis et Amalthée which was performed in Amiens
Amiens
Amiens is a city and commune in northern France, north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in Picardy...

 in 1755. An anonymous writer reporting the event in the Mercure de France
Mercure de France
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described her as coming from the "provinces" and having a good education.
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