Le Devin du village. Intermède - Rousseau, Jean-Jacques 1712-1778 (Paris s.n., 1753)
Rousseau's Devin du Village - a pastoral opera, composed of melodies and instrumental music in the Italian style, announcing the comic opera - 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.
Score incomplete. Until page 94. Rest is missing.
The 1753 edition is dedicated to Charles Pinot Duclos (1704 -1772), writer and historian, member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, protégé of Madame de Pompadour.
Keywords: Opéra (Paris, France); 18th Century (1701-1800); Opera; Vocal music; France