Mme. Tarbé des Sablons

Michelle Catherine Josephine Guespereau Tarbé des Sablons (1777–1855)^[1] was a French^[2] author and composer.^{[3] [4]} She was best known for her "moral" novels,^[5] but also composed several operas. She was generally known as Mme. Tarbé des Sablons.

She married the lawyer Sébastien André Tarbé des Sablons in March 1795.^[6] They lived in Melun, France, and had two sons, Edmond and Eugène. Edmond published several novels, and both brothers wrote music criticism for Le Figaro newspaper.^[7]

In 1872, the Pall Mall Budget reported that "a new comic opera, La chanson de l'étoile, the libretto by Edouard Blau,^[1] and the music by Louis Gérome, [was] in reality [composed by] Mme. Tarbé des Sablons."^[8]

Some of Tarbé des Sablons' music was published in a supplement to Le Gaulois called A Nos Abonnes.^[9] Her publications included:

Selected works

Books

• Auguste et Therese^[10]
• Eudolie Ou La Jeune Malade (Eudolia Or The Young Sick)^[11]
• La Marquise de Valcour Ou Le Triomphe de l'Amour Maternel (The Marquise de Valcour Or The Triumph of Maternal Love)^[11]
• Roseline ou De la Nécessité de la Religion dans l Education des Femmes (Roseline or On the Necessity of Religion in the Education of Women)^[12]
• Onesie Ou Les Soirees de l'Abbaye (Onesie Or The Evenings of the Abbey)^[11]

Operas

• I Batavi (on The Siege of Leyde)^{[13] [14][15]}
• Les Bataves^[16]
• Les Brigands (text based on Schiller)^[17]

Vocals

• "Ave Maria"^[18]

References

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2. Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156. Archived from the original on 2021-12-25. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
3. Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846. Archived from the original on 2021-12-25. Retrieved 2021-08-23.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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7. Antonetti, Guy (2013-01-25), "Tarbé (Louis-Hardouin)", Les ministres des Finances de la Révolution française au Second Empire (I) : Dictionnaire biographique 1790-1814, Histoire économique et financière - XIXe-XXe, Vincennes: Institut de la gestion publique et du développement économique, pp. 43–59, ISBN 978-2-8218-2825-4, archived from the original on 2021-08-02, retrieved 2021-08-23
8. The Pall Mall Budget: Being a Weekly Collection of Articles Printed in the Pall Mall Gazette from Day to Day, with a Summary of News. 1873. Archived from the original on 2024-05-24. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
9. Pasler, Jann (2012). "Review of Les compositrices en France au XIX e siècle". Revue de Musicologie. 98 (1): 282–286. ISSN 0035-1601. JSTOR 24391962.
10. Bibliographie de la France ou Journal général de l'imprimerie et de la librairie et des cartes géographiques, gravures, lithographies et oeuvres de musique (in French). Pilet. 1847. Archived from the original on 2024-05-24. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
11. "Results for 'Michelle-Catherine-Josephine Guespereau Tarbe Des Sablons' [WorldCat.org]". www.worldcat.org. Archived from the original on 2021-08-23. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
12. Bibliographie de la France: ou, journal général de l'imprimerie et de la librairie (in French). Kraus Reprint. 1840. Archived from the original on 2024-05-24. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
13. McVicker, Mary F. (2016-08-04). Women Opera Composers: Biographies from the 1500s to the 21st Century. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-2361-0. Archived from the original on 2024-05-24. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
14. The Musician. Hatch Music Company. 1897. Archived from the original on 2024-05-24. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
15. Willhartitz, Adolph (1902). Some Facts about Woman in Music. Press of Out West. Archived from the original on 2024-05-24. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
16. Stanton, Theodore (1884). The Woman Question in Europe: A Series of Original Essays. G. P. Putnam's sons. ISBN 978-0-7222-1560-9. Archived from the original on 2024-05-24. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
17. Collin, Laure (1977-06-21). Histoire Abregee De La Musique Et De Musiciens (in French). Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-306-70875-6. Archived from the original on 2024-05-24. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
18. "Album du Gaulois (Meyer, Arthur) - IMSLP: Free Sheet Music PDF Download". imslp.org. Archived from the original on 2021-10-27. Retrieved 2021-08-23.