ms she
produced a number of songs, vocal duets, and piano pieces. Another
member of this famous family, Manuel Garcia, is still living. He is a
brother of Malibran and Pauline Viardot.

Gabriella Ferrari is another gifted French composer of orchestral works.
She is a pupil of such men as Dubois and Gounod, and has done much in
the larger forms. Among her works are a number of orchestral suites,
many piano pieces and songs, and the comic opera, "Le Dernier Amour."
Mme. Renaud Maury is another composer who is able to handle large
masses of instruments. She drew attention to herself by carrying off the
prize for fugal work at the Conservatoire, at a time when women were
expected to take a more modest place in composition. Her "Fantasie
Symphonique" and "Jeanne D'Arc" are often given before French audiences.
The Marquise Haenel de Cronenthal, one of the older generation, has
produced several symphonies, a number of sonatas, a string quartette,
numerous piano works, and the opera, "La Nuit d'Epreuve," which won a
gold medal at the Exposition of 1867. Celanie Carissan has produced the
operetta, "La Jeunesse d'Haydn," and the oratorio, "Rebecca," besides
other choral works and many songs and piano pieces.

The roll of operatic composers in France is long and honourable. Just as
England seems the home of cantatas, and Germany of orchestral work, so
France is especially devoted to opera, and her women have held their own
well in this field. As far back as the seventeenth century, Elizabeth
Claude de la Guerre upheld the glory of her sex by playing and
improvising in a masterly fashion. One of her greatest admirers was the
king, Louis XIV., himself. Besides a number of sonatas, she wrote a "Te
Deum" to honour the king's recovery from illness, and a number of
cantatas. Her opera, "Cephale et Procris," was successfully given at
the Academic Royale in 1694. Another composer of the same century was
Mme. Louis, whose operetta, "Fleur d'Epine," met with a good reception.

In the eighteenth century, Henriette de Beaumesnil was one of the
foremost musical women in France. Endowed by nature with a fine voice,
she became one of the leading artists in the Paris Grand Opera Company.
When her voice failed, she took up composition, and succeeded in that
also. Most popular among her many operas were "Anacreon," "Les
Legislatrices," and "Les Saturnales." Emilie Candeille was the daughter
of a dramatic composer, from whom she received a solid m