About Marie-Élisabeth Cléry
Lived 1761 – 1811 (aged 49–50). Marie-Élisabeth Cléry was a French composer and harpist.
Marie-Elizabeth Cléry (or Mme Duverge-Cléry) née Du Verger or Du Verge (10 November 1762 – 4 August 1811) was a French harpist and composer. She was probably born in Paris and became a harpist in the court of Marie-Antoinette. 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.
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
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French composer and harpist
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Marie-Élisabeth Cléry was born in 1761 in Versailles.
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Marie-Élisabeth Cléry died on 4 August 1811 in Paris.
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Marie-Élisabeth Cléry was a composer and harpist.
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Marie-Élisabeth Cléry was French.
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