Because of her marriage with the ten years older flutist Jacques (Aristide) Farrenc at the age of seventeen, the French composer Louise Dumont has become known under his name in French music history. Dumont was a gifted student of Anton Reicha in Paris. She decided to interrupt her studies and gave concerts throughout France with her husband. He, however, soon grew tired of the concert life and became a music publisher, what was of good use for the publication of the Traité des abbreviations of his wife; however, she became known for her Trésoir des pianists, a beautiful collection of old and new piano music of her time. Moreover, her own compositions could be easily published in this way.
She wrote a few symphonies and a good amount of chamber works for various combinations of instruments. Also piano works, of course, that were probably of good use to her as a piano teacher at the Paris Conservatoire, where she worked from 1842-1873 as the only woman in that function. As a composer, she was the most successful with her Nonet op. 38 from 1850, of which none less than violinist Joseph Joachim collaborated during the premiere.
(Source: Musicalifeiten.nl)