Mme Papavoine facts for kids
Madame Papavoine, born Pellecier, was a French composer who lived in the 1700s. She was born around 1735 and was active as a musician and composer between 1755 and 1761. We don't know much about her life, not even her first name! She married a violinist named Louis-August Papavoine sometime before 1755. After 1761, her name stops appearing in records.
What Music Did Madame Papavoine Write?
A French magazine called Mercure de France published a list of works by both Mr. and Mrs. Papavoine in January 1755. This list, and later issues of the magazine, showed the music she had created.
Most of her known works are called cantatilles. A cantatille is a short piece of music for a singer, usually telling a story or expressing feelings. It's like a mini-opera or a song with a few parts.
Here are some of the musical pieces she wrote:
- Les arrets d’amour (The Stops of Love) – a cantatille she wrote as Miss Pellecier.
- La tourterelle (The Turtle Dove) – another cantatille from when she was Miss Pellecier.
- Les charmes de la voix (The Charms of the Voice) – a cantatille, also as Miss Pellecier.
- La fête de l’amour (The Festival of Love) – a cantatille, as Miss Pellecier.
- Issé – a cantatille, as Miss Pellecier.
- Le joli rien (The Pretty Nothing) – a cantatille, as Miss Pellecier.
- Le triomphe des plaisirs (The Triumph of Pleasures) – a cantatille, written as Mrs. Papavoine.
- Le Cabriolet (The Cabriolet, a type of carriage) – a cantatille that included two violins, written as Mrs. Papavoine.
- Nous voici donc au jour l’an (Here We Are on New Year's Day) – a short, happy song without instruments.
- Vous fuyez sans vouloir m’entendre (You Flee Without Wanting to Hear Me) – a song from 1756.
- Reviens, aimable Thémire (Come Back, Lovely Themire) – a pastoral song (about country life) from 1761.
- La France sauvée ou Le triomphe de la vertù (France Saved or The Triumph of Virtue) – a cantatille.
