Antoine Gautier de Montdorge

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Antoine-César Gautier de Montdorge (born January 17, 1701 in Lyon , † October 24, 1768 in Paris ) was a French dramaturge, librettist , poet and encyclopaedist . De Montdorge also took important roles in the financial management of the Ancien Régime .

Live and act

He worked as the royal chamberlain , maître de la Chambre aux deniers du roi , a position he held for a long time. From 1727 to 1768 he was treasurer Trésorier de la chambre . He was friends with the Fermier général and patron Alexandre Le Riche de La Pouplinière , the patron of Jean-Philippe Rameau . For the latter he wrote, among other things, Les Fêtes d'Hébé , a ballet and singspiel to the music of Rameau, as a librettist in 1739 . His membership in the Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Lyon was to be seen as an award for his literary-artistic talent. He was a patron of the arts, but also the artist, the musician and the poet himself.

For the Encyclopaedia of Denis Diderot wrote the Lemma Nadir .

Works (selection)

  • Les Fêtes d'Hébé. Opera with ballet in three acts with music by Rameau 1739
  • Reflections d'un panel sur l'opéra. 1741
  • Art d'imprimer les tableaux en trois couleurs. 1756
  • L'Opéra de société. One-act act 1762
  • Conte oriental. Paris, 1767.

literature

  • François-Xavier de Feller: Dictionnaire Historique, Ou Histoire Abrégée De tous les hommes, qui se sont fait un nom par le génie, les talens, les vertus, les vereurs, & c. depuis le commencement du monde jusqu'à nos jours: L - M. Volume 4, Rieger, 1783 p. 595

Web links

Wikisource: Antoine Gautier de Montdorge  - Sources and full texts (French)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kafker, Frank A .: Notices sur les auteurs of 17 volumes de "discours" de l'Encyclopédie (suite et fin). Recherches sur Diderot et sur l'Encyclopédie Année (1990) Volume 8 Numéro 8 p. 104
  2. ^ Consortium of European Research Libraries. Antoine Gautier de Montdorge
  3. ↑ Biography in French, online
  4. ^ Cuthbert Girdlestone: Jean-Philippe Rameau: His Life and Work. Dover Publications Inc. (1990) ISBN 0-486-26200-6 p. 351
personal data
SURNAME Gautier de Montdorge, Antoine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gauthier de Mont-d'Orge, Antoine-César
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French dramaturge, librettist, poet and encyclopedist
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1701
PLACE OF BIRTH Lyon
DATE OF DEATH October 24, 1768
Place of death Paris