Dictionnaire de musique - Rousseau, Jean-Jacques 1712-1778 (Amsterdam Rey, 1769)
Contains articles from the 'Encyclopédie' (see 07H17)
Marc-Michel Rey (1720-1780) was a Huguenot printer from Geneva who in 1744 moved to Amsterdam, where he succeeded to Jean-Frédéric Bernard. He was in personal touch with Rousseau. In 1769, Rey issued an 11-volume edition of the "Œuvres de J.-J. Rousseau de Genève. Nouvelle édition revue, corrigée & augmentée de plusieurs morceaux qui n'avoient point encore paru and three volumes of Œuvres diverses". He became the publisher of Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot, Holbach, etc.
Originally published in 1767, see 03F14
Keywords: 18th Century (1701-1800); Music theory; Music criticism; Dictionary; Switzerland