Cecilia Maria Barthélemon (1767-1859)
- Sonata (II, F-Major) from 'Two sonatas for the piano-forte or
harpsichord, with accompaniments for the violin, german flute &
violoncello ... opera seconda' (1792)
Performers: Irene Schmidt (flute); Fine Zimmermann (harpsichord);
Wladimir Kissin (cello)
Further info: Cecilia Maria Barthélemon (1767-1859) - Sonata (I) for the harpsichord, Opera prima (1786)
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English singer, composer, pianist and organist. Daughter of
François-Hippolyte and Maria Barthélemon, she went with her parents on
their continental tour (1776-77) and sang before the King of Naples and
Marie Antoinette. She repeated the scena which she had performed for
them at her mother’s benefit concert in London in March 1778 and
continued to appear with her parents as a singer, often in duets with
her mother, and later as a pianist. She does not appear to have had an
independent performing career or to have composed after her marriage to
Captain E.P. Henslowe (not W.H. Henslowe; see the memoir Francis
Barthélemon, 1896). Haydn was a friend of the Barthélemons and Cecilia
treasured memories of his visits to them during his London years. She
dedicated her keyboard sonata op.3 to Haydn and was a subscriber (listed
as ‘Mrs Ed. Henslow’) to The Creation. After married with Captain E.P.
Henslow around December 1796, she definitely stopped performing and
composing.
