| Intro | French composer, pianist, and salonnière |
| A.K.A. | Marie-Emmanuelle Bayon Louis |
| Is |
Noble Musician Salon-holder Pianist Composer |
| From | France |
| Type |
Business Fashion Royals Music |
| Gender | female |
| Birth | Marcei |
| Death |
29 March 1825, Aubevoye |
Marie-Emmanuelle Bayon Louis (1746, Marcei – 29 March 1825, Aubevoye) was a French composer, pianist, and salonnière. The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers credits her for making the fortepiano popular in France. In 1770 she married the architect Victor Louis.
Published Works (Selective)
Six sonates, op.1. Paris, Vendôme, 1769 (facsimile ed., New York: Da Capo Press, 1990).
Fleur d’épine, full score. Paris, 1776. Excerpts, ed. D. Hayes, in Women Composers: Music Through the Ages (12 vols; New York: G. K. Hall/Macmillan, 1995- ), vols. 4 and 5.