CHARRIÈRE [Belle van Zuylen], Isabelle de

Isabelle de Charrière, born Isabella Agneta Elisabeth van Tuyll van Serooskerken and known in the Netherlands as Belle van Zuylen, was a Dutch-Swiss writer and composer of the Enlightenment. She was born on 20 October 1740 at Zuylen Castle near Utrecht and died on 27 December 1805 in Colombier, Switzerland. Lumières Lausanne
Music was an important part of her creative life. She composed keyboard sonatas, songs, minuets, and operatic works, alongside her better-known novels, plays, and correspondence. Surviving music includes sonatas for harpsichord, Six menuets for strings, and several airs et romances