Sophie Gail
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Edmee Sophie Gail née Garre (b. 28 August 1775, d. 24 July 1819) was a French
singer and composer.
in the parish of Saint Sulpice, the daughter of Marie-Louise Adelaide Colloz and surgeon Claude-Francois Garre (1730–1799). She studied piano as a child and published her first composition, a romance, at the age of 14. At the age of 19, she married editor Jean-Baptiste Gail
(1755–1829) and had one son, Jean-François Gail.
She and her husband divorced in 1801, and Sophie Garre toured as a singer in Europe. She studied with Fétis
, Perne
and Sigismund Neukomm
and wrote an opera comique as her first work for theater. She died in Paris.
France
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singer and composer.
Life
Sophie Garre was born in ParisParis
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in the parish of Saint Sulpice, the daughter of Marie-Louise Adelaide Colloz and surgeon Claude-Francois Garre (1730–1799). She studied piano as a child and published her first composition, a romance, at the age of 14. At the age of 19, she married editor Jean-Baptiste Gail
Jean-Baptiste Gail
Jean-Baptiste Gail was a French Hellenist scholar, member of the Institut de France .-Early years:Gail was born in Paris on July 4, 1755. In 1791 he was appointed deputy, and in 1792 titular professor at the Collège de France...
(1755–1829) and had one son, Jean-François Gail.
She and her husband divorced in 1801, and Sophie Garre toured as a singer in Europe. She studied with Fétis
François-Joseph Fétis
François-Joseph Fétis was a Belgian musicologist, composer, critic and teacher. He was one of the most influential music critics of the 19th century, and his enormous compilation of biographical data in the Biographie universelle des musiciens remains an important source of information today...
, Perne
François-Louis Perne
François-Louis Perne , was a French composer and musicographer.He is known both for his writings on the history of music, and also for being a director of the Paris Conservatoire....
and Sigismund Neukomm
Sigismund von Neukomm
Sigismond Neukomm or Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm [after ennoblement as a knight] was an Austrian composer and pianist....
and wrote an opera comique as her first work for theater. She died in Paris.
Works
Selected works include:- 1797, Deus airs for the drama Montoni
- 1813, Les deux jaloux, opéra comique in one act
- 1814, Il est vrai que Thibaut mérite, romance
- 1853, Ma Fanchette est charmante, trio
- 1813, Mademoiselle de Launay à la Bastille, opéra-comique in one act
- 1813 Ma liberté, ma liberté, romance
- 1814, Angela ou L'atelier de Jean Cousin, opéra comique in 1 act
- 1814, La Méprise, opéra comique in 1 act
- 1818, La Sérénade, opéra
- 1807, N'est-ce pas elle, romance with piano accompaniment
- 1807, La jeune et charmante Isabelle, romance
- 1808, Heure de soir, romance with piano and harp accompaniment
- 1814, Les devoirs du chevalier, romance on a poème de Creuzé de Lesser
- 1814, Variations concertantes for flute and piano
- 1861, Transcription variée de Moeris for piano
- 1815, Prière aux songes, nocturne à deux voix sur un poème de M. Cheurlin, with piano and harp accompaniment
- 1815, Le souvenir du diable
- 1838, Le Diable, chansonnette sur un poème d'Arnault with piano
- 1838, A mes fleurs, with paino
- 1820, Les langueurs et le Le Serment, nocturnes with piano