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:
^"Liste alpha - TAR". www.famillesparisiennes.org.
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^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,
ISBN978-2-8218-2825-4,
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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:
^"Liste alpha - TAR". www.famillesparisiennes.org.
Archived from the original on 2021-08-23. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
^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,
ISBN978-2-8218-2825-4,
archived from the original on 2021-08-02, retrieved 2021-08-23