Mme Delaval

{{Short description|French harpist, pianist and composer}}

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Mme. Delaval or Madame De La Valle, birthname Adélaïde-Suzanne-Camille Larrivée,{{cite web|url=https://www.sophie-drinker-institut.de/larrivee-henriette|title=Larrivée, L'Arrivée, (Agathe Elisabeth) Henriette, verh. Borghese|publisher=Sophie Drinker Institu|work=Europäische Instrumentalistinnen des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts|accessdate=22 December 2019 |language=German}} (October 12, 1763 – c. 1804) was a French harpist, pianist and composer. Delaval was born in Paris, France to opera singers Henri Larrivée and Marie-Jeanne Larrivée Lemière.{{Cite book|chapter=Delaval [de la Valle, Delavel, De Laval, etc.], Madame|last1=Shaljean|first1=Bonnie|last2=Suchy-Pilalis|first2=Jessica R.|editor-first1=Jessica R. |editor-last1=Suchy-Pilalis |date=2001-01-20|publisher=Oxford University Press|series=Oxford Music Online|doi = 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.42767|isbn=9781561592630 }} She had one sister, Agathe-Elisabeth-Henriette, who was given violin lessons while Adelaide focused on the harp.{{Cite web|url=https://www.questia.com/magazine/1G1-204932287/the-mysterious-madame-delaval-part-i|title="The Mysterious Madame Delaval: Part I" by Suchy-Pilalis, Jessica - American Harp Journal, Summer 2009|website=|access-date=|archive-date=28 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528141121/https://www.questia.com/magazine/1G1-204932287/the-mysterious-madame-delaval-part-i|url-status=dead}} Both girls were students of Jean-Baptiste Krumpholtz. When their parents separated in 1767, the girls provided for their guardian and aunt, Elisabeth-Henriette Larrivée, by touring through French provinces in concerts.

Adelaide married Pierre Delaval on August 3, 1790, in Lyon. They moved with Agathe to London during the French Revolution. She was employed by Johann Peter Salomon for concerts at Hanover Square in London in 1790 and played for the first Haydn concert in 1792. She was also employed by the Ashleys for concerts in Covent Garden in 1796.{{cite book |title=A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 4, Corye to Dynion|first1=Philip H.|last1=Highfill|first2=Kalman A.|last2=Burnim|first3=Edward A.|last3=Langhans|year=1975}} Her works have been edited for publication by harpist Jessica Suchy-Pilalis.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IvoQQU1QL_QC&q=Mme+Delaval+composer&pg=PA137|title=The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers|first1=Julie Anne|last1=Sadie|first2=Rhian|last2=Samuel|year=1994|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company |accessdate=3 December 2010|isbn=9780393034875}}