Mme. Delaval or Madame De La Valle, birthname Adélaïde-Suzanne-Camille Larrivée,[1] (October 12, 1763 – c. 1804) was a French
harpist,
pianist and composer. Delaval was born in Paris, France to opera singers
Henri Larrivée and
Marie-Jeanne Larrivée Lemière.[2] She had one sister,
Agathe-Elisabeth-Henriette, who was given violin lessons while Adelaide focused on the harp.[3] Both girls were students of
Jean-Baptiste Krumpholtz. When their parents separated in 1767, the girls provided for their guardian and aunt, Elisabeth-Henriette Larrivée, by touring through French provinces in concerts.
Delaval's compositions were mostly for the harp and agreed with the salon culture of c. 1800 Paris. She wrote her Op. 3 for her daughter, Camila, to perform at
Willis's Room, in London when the child was only seven years old.[6] Delaval published a cantata, harp music and a number of French songs.[7] Selected works include:
Les Adieux de l'infortuné Louis XVI à son peuple, cantata
^Shaljean, Bonnie; Suchy-Pilalis, Jessica R. (20 January 2001). "Delaval [de la Valle, Delavel, De Laval, etc.], Madame". In Suchy-Pilalis, Jessica R. (ed.). Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press.
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^Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers (Digitized online by GoogleBooks).
ISBN9780393034875. Retrieved 18 March 2021
^Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers (Digitized online by GoogleBooks).
ISBN9780393034875. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
^Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers (Digitized online by GoogleBooks).
ISBN9780393034875. Retrieved 18 March 2021