La Grange, Joseph de Chancel de
(1676–1758)> DRAMATIST · LIBRETTIST
La Grange, Joseph de Chancel de (1 January 1676, Périgueux; 27 December 1758, Périgueux), dramatist and librettist, was known among his contemporaries as La Grange-Chancel. He, his two younger brothers, and a sister were taken to Bordeaux by their mother after the death of their father, and the three boys went to the Jesuit school in this city. Joseph proved to have an amazing memory, and he learned Latin quickly, besides devouring Corneille’s tragedies and La Calprenède’s romances. It is…