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[Querelle des Bouffons] Rousseau, Jean Jacques. (1712 - 1778). Signed Letter of Dedication of "Le Devin du Village". The official printed letter of dedication of the one-act opera "Le devin du village" by the important Swiss-French philosopher and writer, who also wrote the libretto. In French, signed in brown ink “J. J. Rousseau,” one page, 8.5 x 11.75, no date [1752], addressed to Charles Pinot Duclos (1704-1772), a member of the Academy of Inscriptions and of the Academie Francaise and Rousseau's most constant friend among the men of letters. In fine condition, with expected document wear.
"A Monsieur Duclos, historiographe de France, l'un des quarante de l'Académie ...Souffrez, Monsieur, que votre nom soit à la tête Je cet ouvrage, qui sans vous n'eût jamais paru. Ce sera ma première et unique dédicace. Puisse-t-elle vous faire autant d'honneur qu'a moi."
Le Devin du Village is the only one of Rousseau's works to be dedicated to an individual. The first work in the repertory of the Académie Royale de Musique for which the text and music were by the same author, it was first performed on 18 October 1752 before the royal court at Fontainebleau, and for the public, on 1 March 1753 at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris. King Louis XV loved the piece so much that he offered Rousseau the great honor of a life pension, though Rousseau refused the honor. However, the opera became one of the most popular of its day and brought him both wealth and fame. The opera was also performed at the wedding of the future Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau is one of the greatest philosopher-musicians in the history of music. Besides being one of the leading philosophers, he was also a composer and theorist of music. Whilst Jean-Philippe Rameau, his great musical contemporary and antagonist, was a great composer who wished to be accepted by the philosophers as one of their own, Rousseau was a great philosopher who always aspired to succeed as a musician. In 1748, Diderot entrusted Rousseau with many of the most important articles on music for the great Encyclopédie des Arts et Métiers, in which he criticized Rameau's theoretical and musical systems. Rousseau lived part of his life as a professional copyist, producing large-scale manuscripts, but also composed a substantial body of works of his own, most notably his opera, Le Devin du village (1752). This work, sung throughout without spoken dialogue, was a true opera and achieved instant succes, staying in the repertory of the Opéra for some sixty years.
"A Monsieur Duclos, historiographe de France, l'un des quarante de l'Académie ...Souffrez, Monsieur, que votre nom soit à la tête Je cet ouvrage, qui sans vous n'eût jamais paru. Ce sera ma première et unique dédicace. Puisse-t-elle vous faire autant d'honneur qu'a moi."
Le Devin du Village is the only one of Rousseau's works to be dedicated to an individual. The first work in the repertory of the Académie Royale de Musique for which the text and music were by the same author, it was first performed on 18 October 1752 before the royal court at Fontainebleau, and for the public, on 1 March 1753 at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris. King Louis XV loved the piece so much that he offered Rousseau the great honor of a life pension, though Rousseau refused the honor. However, the opera became one of the most popular of its day and brought him both wealth and fame. The opera was also performed at the wedding of the future Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau is one of the greatest philosopher-musicians in the history of music. Besides being one of the leading philosophers, he was also a composer and theorist of music. Whilst Jean-Philippe Rameau, his great musical contemporary and antagonist, was a great composer who wished to be accepted by the philosophers as one of their own, Rousseau was a great philosopher who always aspired to succeed as a musician. In 1748, Diderot entrusted Rousseau with many of the most important articles on music for the great Encyclopédie des Arts et Métiers, in which he criticized Rameau's theoretical and musical systems. Rousseau lived part of his life as a professional copyist, producing large-scale manuscripts, but also composed a substantial body of works of his own, most notably his opera, Le Devin du village (1752). This work, sung throughout without spoken dialogue, was a true opera and achieved instant succes, staying in the repertory of the Opéra for some sixty years.
[Querelle des Bouffons] Rousseau, Jean Jacques. (1712 - 1778). Signed Letter of Dedication of "Le Devin du Village". The official printed letter of dedication of the one-act opera "Le devin du village" by the important Swiss-French philosopher and writer, who also wrote the libretto. In French, signed in brown ink “J. J. Rousseau,” one page, 8.5 x 11.75, no date [1752], addressed to Charles Pinot Duclos (1704-1772), a member of the Academy of Inscriptions and of the Academie Francaise and Rousseau's most constant friend among the men of letters. In fine condition, with expected document wear.
"A Monsieur Duclos, historiographe de France, l'un des quarante de l'Académie ...Souffrez, Monsieur, que votre nom soit à la tête Je cet ouvrage, qui sans vous n'eût jamais paru. Ce sera ma première et unique dédicace. Puisse-t-elle vous faire autant d'honneur qu'a moi."
Le Devin du Village is the only one of Rousseau's works to be dedicated to an individual. The first work in the repertory of the Académie Royale de Musique for which the text and music were by the same author, it was first performed on 18 October 1752 before the royal court at Fontainebleau, and for the public, on 1 March 1753 at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris. King Louis XV loved the piece so much that he offered Rousseau the great honor of a life pension, though Rousseau refused the honor. However, the opera became one of the most popular of its day and brought him both wealth and fame. The opera was also performed at the wedding of the future Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau is one of the greatest philosopher-musicians in the history of music. Besides being one of the leading philosophers, he was also a composer and theorist of music. Whilst Jean-Philippe Rameau, his great musical contemporary and antagonist, was a great composer who wished to be accepted by the philosophers as one of their own, Rousseau was a great philosopher who always aspired to succeed as a musician. In 1748, Diderot entrusted Rousseau with many of the most important articles on music for the great Encyclopédie des Arts et Métiers, in which he criticized Rameau's theoretical and musical systems. Rousseau lived part of his life as a professional copyist, producing large-scale manuscripts, but also composed a substantial body of works of his own, most notably his opera, Le Devin du village (1752). This work, sung throughout without spoken dialogue, was a true opera and achieved instant succes, staying in the repertory of the Opéra for some sixty years.
"A Monsieur Duclos, historiographe de France, l'un des quarante de l'Académie ...Souffrez, Monsieur, que votre nom soit à la tête Je cet ouvrage, qui sans vous n'eût jamais paru. Ce sera ma première et unique dédicace. Puisse-t-elle vous faire autant d'honneur qu'a moi."
Le Devin du Village is the only one of Rousseau's works to be dedicated to an individual. The first work in the repertory of the Académie Royale de Musique for which the text and music were by the same author, it was first performed on 18 October 1752 before the royal court at Fontainebleau, and for the public, on 1 March 1753 at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris. King Louis XV loved the piece so much that he offered Rousseau the great honor of a life pension, though Rousseau refused the honor. However, the opera became one of the most popular of its day and brought him both wealth and fame. The opera was also performed at the wedding of the future Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau is one of the greatest philosopher-musicians in the history of music. Besides being one of the leading philosophers, he was also a composer and theorist of music. Whilst Jean-Philippe Rameau, his great musical contemporary and antagonist, was a great composer who wished to be accepted by the philosophers as one of their own, Rousseau was a great philosopher who always aspired to succeed as a musician. In 1748, Diderot entrusted Rousseau with many of the most important articles on music for the great Encyclopédie des Arts et Métiers, in which he criticized Rameau's theoretical and musical systems. Rousseau lived part of his life as a professional copyist, producing large-scale manuscripts, but also composed a substantial body of works of his own, most notably his opera, Le Devin du village (1752). This work, sung throughout without spoken dialogue, was a true opera and achieved instant succes, staying in the repertory of the Opéra for some sixty years.