Benaut, Marie Therese Louise jan.1778-aug.1795 France, Paris - Paris (typhoid fever)
pianist, ?composer, active in Paris, 1788 resident at the Prieure royal des Dames de bon secours, 1787-1788 aged 9-10 she published four Recueils d'airs probably composed by her father, 1791 she lived with her father at the rectory of the parish of Saint-Cyr Yvelines just outside of Paris, 1794 when her father was guillotined she found refuge with her godmother in Paris working as seamstress, she died the following year by typhoid fever aged 17 ; daughter of Josse Francois Benaut

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[] Recueil d'airs avec variations arranges pour le clavecin ou forte-piano.. par Mlle Benaut agee de neuf ans. Oeuvre 1er-2e
advertized 27aug1787 and 12dec1787
pub L'auteur, Paris 1787
probably compositions by Josse Benaut, published under the name of his daughter, because his musical activities were incompatible with the dignity of his new state as parish priest

[] Recueil d'airs avec variations arranges pour le clavecin ou forte-piano.. par Mlle Benaut agee de dix ans. Oeuvre 3e-4e
advertized in Journal de Paris, 14feb1788 and 20apr1788
pub Chez Madame Mercier, Paris 1788
probably compositions by Josse Benaut, published under the name of his daughter, because his musical activities were incompatible with the dignity of his new state as parish priest

[] Quand mon bien aime reviendra (Air de Nina with variations)
from Recueil d'airs Oeuvre 2

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