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This chapter details Jean-Jacques Rousseau's letter to François-Marie Arouet, called Voltaire, on December 11, 1745. Voltaire and Jean-Philippe Rameau had collaborated on
The Princess of Navarre
, which was performed at the festivities surrounding the marriage of the dauphin (the future Louis XV) in January 1745. The work was recast and was to be performed under the title
Festivals of Ramiro
. Because both Voltaire and Rameau were occupied with other projects, Rousseau, who had recently written and composed his opera
The Gallant Muses
, was asked to make some changes in the libretto and the music. Voltaire's friendly, if condescending, response to this letter can be found in book 7 of the
Confessions
.
Title: François-Marie Arouet, called Voltaire
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This chapter details Jean-Jacques Rousseau's letter to François-Marie Arouet, called Voltaire, on December 11, 1745.
Voltaire and Jean-Philippe Rameau had collaborated on
The Princess of Navarre
, which was performed at the festivities surrounding the marriage of the dauphin (the future Louis XV) in January 1745.
The work was recast and was to be performed under the title
Festivals of Ramiro
.
Because both Voltaire and Rameau were occupied with other projects, Rousseau, who had recently written and composed his opera
The Gallant Muses
, was asked to make some changes in the libretto and the music.
Voltaire's friendly, if condescending, response to this letter can be found in book 7 of the
Confessions
.
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Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet) (1694–1778)
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Voltaire remains the most celebrated representative of the reformers and free-thinkers whose writings define the movement of ideas in eighteenth-century France known as the Enlight...