Jeanne-Hippolyte Devismes (née Moyroud, 4 January 1770 — 12 January 1836) was a French composer.
Born in Lyon,, paroisse Saint-Pierre-Saint-Saturnin, année 1770. she studied the piano with Daniel Steibelt and married the director of the Académie Royale de Musique (the Paris Opéra), Jacques de Vismes. Her only known works are a song, "La Dame Jacinthe", and an opera, Praxitėle, ou la ceinture, which was first staged at the Paris Opéra on 24 July 1800. The work was a success and ran for 16 performances. The score has not survived complete. Devismes died in Caudebec-en-Caux.Archives department of Seine-Maritime, État civil, décès de 1836.
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