Julie Pinel Explained

Julie Pinel (fl. 1710–1737) was a French composer and harpsichord teacher, born into the Pinel family of court musicians. Very little is known of her life, but she dedicated her published collection of songs to the "Prince of Soubize", thought to be Charles de Rohan, the patron of her family.^{[1] [2]}

Works

Pinel published her collection of 31 songs, Nouveau receuil d'airs sérioux et à boire^[3] in 1737. Other selected works include:

• Le Printems, cantatille
• Rossignols
• Boccages
• Echos indiscrets
• Bergères
• Pourquoy
• Appollonius, opera^[4]

Her music has been recorded and issued on CD, including:

• The Pleasures of Love and Libation Orchestra: La Donna Musicale, Conductor: Laury Gutierrez, Audio CD (May 1, 2007), Label: La, ASIN: B003050FXY
• Vouz avez dit Brunettes? Les Kapsber'girls. Label: Alpha, EAN: 3760014197611

Notes and References

1. Web site: Women Composers in France, and Julie Pinel's Music. PDF/Adobe Acrobat. Gutiérrez, Laury. 2007. 29 November 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110725212036/http://www.ladm.org/cds/cd03/cd03prognotes.pdf. 25 July 2011.
2. Book: The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. Julie Anne. Sadie. Rhian. Samuel. 1994. W. W. Norton & Company . 9780393034875. 30 November 2010.
3. Web site: Nouveau recueil d'airs sérieux et à boire à une et deux voix, de brunettes à 2 dessus, scène pastoralle et cantatille avec accompagnement... / par M.lle Pinel. 1737 .
4. Web site: A literary and musical study of Julie Pinel's Nouveau receuil d'airs sérioux et à boire. 30 November 2010. Brain, Corisha.