Simon-Joseph Pellegrin
Abbé Simon-Joseph Pellegrin (* 1663 in Marseille ; † September 5, 1745 in Paris ) was a French poet , librettist and dramaturge . On the recommendation of Madame de Maintenon , he entered the order of the Cluniac .
Several of his librettos were set to music and performed at the Paris Opera : Télémaque with music by André Cardinal Destouches (1714), Renaud, ou la suite d'Armide , with music by Henry Desmarest (1722), Jephté with music by Michel Pignolet de Montéclair ( 1732), and Hippolyte et Aricie , Jean-Philippe Rameau's first opera (1733).
literature
- Carl J. Bouginé, Carl F. Bouginé, Christoph August Heumann: Handbook of the general Litterargeschichte after Heumann's plan . 1791, p. 567 f. ( Digitized version )
Web links
- Literature by and about Simon-Joseph Pellegrin in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pellegrin, Simon-Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French poet, librettist and dramaturge |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1663 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marseille |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 5, 1745 |
| Place of death | Paris |