Jean-Baptiste Rousseau: His Life and WorksPrinceton University Press, 1941 - 310 pages |
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... opera , and his then writing a libretto for the opera Jason ; ou , La toison d'or , the music for which was composed by Colasse , a former collaborator of the great Lully . Voltaire says that Francine commissioned Jean - Baptiste to ...
... opera , and his then writing a libretto for the opera Jason ; ou , La toison d'or , the music for which was composed by Colasse , a former collaborator of the great Lully . Voltaire says that Francine commissioned Jean - Baptiste to ...
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... opera as a form dates from about 1697. In 1717 he wrote to Brossette : Il y a vingt ans que j'ai dit , peut - être avant M. Despréaux , qu'on pouvait faire un bon opéra , mais non pas un bon ouvrage d'un opéra . 37 He did not regard his ...
... opera as a form dates from about 1697. In 1717 he wrote to Brossette : Il y a vingt ans que j'ai dit , peut - être avant M. Despréaux , qu'on pouvait faire un bon opéra , mais non pas un bon ouvrage d'un opéra . 37 He did not regard his ...
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... opera , and the abbé Pic , writer of a number of opera librettos at that period . We can do little but speculate as to the cause and nature of Rousseau's quarrels with these two men . He referred to them on two or three occasions , but ...
... opera , and the abbé Pic , writer of a number of opera librettos at that period . We can do little but speculate as to the cause and nature of Rousseau's quarrels with these two men . He referred to them on two or three occasions , but ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
THE MODEST BEGINNINGS OF A FAMOUS POET | 16 |
JEANBAPTISTE ROUSSEAU IN VIENNA | 125 |
Copyright | |
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