The abbé de La Marre (or La Mare) (

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, 1708 –

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, 1742) was an 18th-century French

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Antoine de Léris Antoine de Léris ( Mont-Louis, Roussillon, 28 February 1723 — 1795) was a French journalist and drama critic of the 18th century and a historian of the French theatre, author of the ''Dictionnaire portatif historique et littéraire des théâtr ...

says he committed suicide in 1746 at

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(''Dictionnaire des théâtres'', 1763, p. 608).

Voltaire François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778) was a French Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher. Known by his ''Pen name, nom de plume'' M. de Voltaire (; also ; ), he was famous for his wit, and his ...

was interested in him and gave him some literary works to do. He was a member of the

Société du bout du banc The Société du bout du banc, hosted by Jeanne Quinault was one of the most famous literary salons of the 18th century in France. Miss Quinault gave dinners at home, rue Sainte-Anne and later rue d'Anjou in Paris, where the best nobility was put ...

hosted by Mlle Quinault.

Works

*1736: ''L'Ennui d'un quart d'heure'' *1736: Remarks on ''La Mort de César'' by Voltaire *1739: ''Le Je ne sais quoi de vingt minutes'', poems *1739: ''Zaïde, reine de Grenade'', ballet héroïque, music by Joseph Nicolas Pancrace Royer, given at the Académie royale de musique on 3 September *1739: ''Momus amoureux'', one-act

ballet Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of ...

, presented on 27 October *1753: With

Antoine Houdar de La Motte Antoine Houdar de la Motte (18 January 167226 December 1731) was a French author. De la Motte was born and died in Paris. In 1693 his comedy, ''Les Originaux'' (Les originaux, ou, l'Italien), was a complete failure, and so depressed the author ...

, argument de ''

Titon et l'Aurore (English: ''Tithonus and Aurora'') is an opera in three acts and a prologue by the French composer Jean-Joseph de Mondonville which was first performed at the Académie royale de musique in Paris on 9 January 1753. The authorship of the libretto ...

'', pastorale héroïque,

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Claude-Henri de Fusée de Voisenon Claude-Henri de Fusée, abbé de Voisenon (8 July 1708 – 22 November 1775) was a French playwright and writer. Life Born at the château de Voisenon near Melun, he was only ten when he addressed an epistle in verse to Voltaire, who asked the ...

, music by

Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (, 25 December 1711 (baptised) – 8 October 1772), also known as Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville, was a French violinist and composer. He was a younger contemporary of Jean-Philippe Rameau and enjoyed great suc ...

, premiered at the Académie royale de musique on 9 January *1766: ''Les Quarts d'heure d'un joyeux solitaire'', (attr. ; reimp. 1882 under the title ''Contes de l'abbé de La Marre, les Quarts d'heure d'un joyeux solitaire'')

Bibliography

* Cardinal

Georges Grente Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Grente (5 May 1872 – 5 May 1959) was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Le Mans from 1918 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1953 by Pope Pius XII. ...

(dir.), ''Dictionnaire des lettres françaises. Le XVIIIe siècle'', nlle. édition revue et mise à jour sous la direction de François Moureau, Paris, Fayard, 1995.

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