CHAPELLE, Ida

da Chapelle, the pseudonym of Ida Jeaussau, was a French composer active in Paris during the late nineteenth century. Her birth date has not been established, but the Bibliothèque nationale de France records her as “18..–1901.”
Chapelle composed primarily salon music for piano, especially waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, romances, and other dance pieces. Research on women composers in nineteenth-century Paris identifies 21 piano compositions published under the name Ida Chapelle. Her known publishing activity began in 1877, when firms such as Schmitt and Alard issued her waltzes, polkas, and romances; in 1878–1879, the publisher A. Masclet issued a number of her quadrilles. EPrints Soton
Her music was closely connected with the cultural life of contemporary Paris. Several works were dedicated to prominent musicians, writers, and performers. Le capitaine Nemo, a quadrille brillant for piano published in 1879, was dedicated to Jules Verne, while Doña Sol was dedicated to the actress Sarah Bernhardt. Other dedicatees associated with her music included Victor Hugo, Théodore de Banville, Olivier Métra, and the cornet virtuoso and conductor Jean-Baptiste Arban. IMSLP
Among her surviving compositions are Jeunesse et folie (polka, 1877), Déïdamia (valse de salon, 1877), Le retour des régates (valse brillante, 1877), Sous les châtaigniers (quadrille brillant, 1878), Le capitaine Nemo (quadrille brillant, 1879), Les diablotins (quadrille fantastique, 1879), Doña Sol, Danses et chansons, Grelots et clochettes, and La petite Jeanne. Many surviving editions are preserved in the Bibliothèque nationale de France