Mme Papavoine


Madame Papavoine née Pellecier was a French composer. She married violinist Louis-August Papavoine some time before 1755. Nothing else is known about Madame Papavoine; even her first name is a mystery. After 1761, her name is no longer mentioned.

Works

The Mercure [de France] published a "Catalogue des oeuvres de M. et Mme Papavoine" in January 1755. This and later issues listed her works as:
  • Les arrets d’amour, cantatille as Mlle. Pellecier
  • La tourterelle, cantatille as Mlle. Pellecier
  • Les charmes de la voix, cantatille as Mlle. Pellecier
  • La fête de l’amour, cantatille as Mlle. Pellecier
  • Issé, cantatilles as Mlle. Pellecier
  • Le joli rien, cantatille as Mlle. Pellecier
  • Le triomphe des plaisirs, cantatille, as Mme. Papavoine
  • Le Cabriolet, cantatille with two violins, as Mme. Papavoine
  • Nous voici donc au jour l’an, 12-bar unaccompanied air gaiment
  • Vous fuyez sans vouloir m’entendre, chanson
  • Reviens, aimable Thémire, ‘pastoralle’
  • La France sauvée ou Le triomphe de la vertù, cantatille