Sophie Bawr
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Alexandrine-Sophie Bawr (née Goury de Champgrand) (1773–1860) was a French writer, playwright and composer also known as Comtesse de Saint-Simon, Baronne de Bawr and M. Francois.
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After surviving the French Revolution
, Bawr supported herself by writing books, music and plays. In 1801 she married Claude-Henri de Saint-Simon. After a divorce, she married the Russian Count Bawr who died in an accident, leaving her again without support. However, she eventually received a pension from the French government. Her La Suite d'un bal masque was highly successful and received 246 performances between 1813 and 1869. She died in Paris.
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Life
Alexandrine-Sophie Goury de Champgrand was born in Paris, the illegitimate daughter of Marquis Charles-Jean de Champgrand and opera singer Madeline-Virginie Vian. She was raised by her father, and studied music with Andre Gretry, Nicolas Roze and Adrien Boieldeau and singing with Pierre Garat and Jean ElleviouJean Elleviou
Jean Elleviou was a French operatic tenor, one of the most celebrated French singers of his time.Born Pierre-Jean-Baptiste-François Elleviou, he made his debut at the Comédie-Italienne in Paris in 1790, as a baritone in the role of Alexis in Monsigny's Le déserteur, and the following year as a...
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After surviving the French Revolution
French Revolution
The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
, Bawr supported herself by writing books, music and plays. In 1801 she married Claude-Henri de Saint-Simon. After a divorce, she married the Russian Count Bawr who died in an accident, leaving her again without support. However, she eventually received a pension from the French government. Her La Suite d'un bal masque was highly successful and received 246 performances between 1813 and 1869. She died in Paris.
Works
Sophie Bawr wrote plays, musical theater, songs, several novels, educational texts and her own memoirs. Her nonfiction texts provide important historical information. Selected works include:- La Suite d'un bal masque, 1813
- Un quart d'heure de depit, opera comique, 1813 (unperformed)
- Melodrames Les chevaliers du lion, melodrama, 1804
- Leon, ou le chateau de Montaldi, melodrama, 1811
- La meprise, play, 1815
- Charlotte Brown, play, 1835
Literature:
- Historie de musique
- Encyclopedie des dames, 1823
- Soirees des juenes personnes, 1852
- Souvenirs, 1853