Puget, Loïsa (actually, Louise-Françoise)
Puget, Loïsa (actually, Louise-Françoise)
Puget, Loïsa (actually, Louise-Françoise), French singer and composer; b. Paris, Feb. 11, 1810; d. Pau, 1889. Her mother, a singer, gave her initial training in music, and she later pursued studies with Adolphe Adam. She became best known via her more than 300 romances, which she introduced to various Parisian salons as a singer (1832–42). Many of these were set to texts by Gustave Lemoine, whom she married in 1842. She also composed the stage works La mauvais oeil (Paris, Oct. 1, 1836) and La veilleuse, ou Les nuits de milady (Paris, Sept. 27, 1869).
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