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'') in three acts by the composer

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or The History of George Barnwell'' (1731). The opera was first performed at the

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in Paris on 24 January 1765.

Main roles

References

;Notes ;Sources *Original libretto
''L'École de la jeunesse, ou Le Barnevelt français, Comédie. En trois Actes et en vers, mêlée d'ariettes''
Paris. Duchesne, 1775 *Original score
''L'École de la jeunesse, ou Le Barnevelt françois, Comédie. En trois Actes et en vers''
Paris, Chez l'Auteur & Lyon, Chez Castaud, s.d. via Gallica * *Cook, Elisabeth (1992), "Ecole de la jeunesse, L'" in ''

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