Marie-Elizabeth Cléry

Marie-Elizabeth Cléry (or Mme Duverge-Cléry) née Du Verger or Du Verge (b. 1761, d. after 1795) was a French harpist and composer. She was probably born in Paris and became a harpist in the court of Marie-Antoinette.^[1] After her marriage to Jean-Baptiste Cant-Hanet dit Cléry, she published three sonatas for harp accompanied by violin, Trois Sonates pour La Harpe ou Piano-forte avec Accompagnement de Violon (1785).^[2][3]

Works

• 3 Sonates pour la harpe ou pianoforte, with violin accompaniment; edited by Barbara Garvey Jackson. ClarNan Editions, Arkansas, c. 1988. Sonata 1 in C major, Sonata 2 in E♭ major, Sonata 3 in B♭ major

References

1. ^ "ClarNan Editions:Historic Music by Women Composers". http://www.clarnan.com/#Clery. Retrieved 19 January 2011. 
2. ^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994) (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. http://books.google.com/books?id=IvoQQU1QL_QC&pg=PA121&dq=Marie-Elizabeth+Cl%C3%A9ry+(1761%E2%80%93after+1795)&hl=en&ei=xUQ2Tf2pOcH78AaqkpSFBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 19 January 2011. 
3. ^ Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (2001). The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians: Volume 6. 

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Name	Clery, Marie Elizabeth
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Short description	Composer and harpest
Date of birth	1761
Place of birth	Paris, France
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