Chabanon de Maugris
(1736–1780)
Chabanon de Maugris (1736, Saint-Domingue; 17 November 1780, Paris) was a brother of Michel-Paul-Gui de Chabanon, and, like him, he also was actively interested in poetry and music. He served as a cadet in the French navy and later commanded a battery on the island of Oléron, but his poor health obliged him to renounce naval service. After leaving the service, he did the libretto for Gossec’s Sabinus that was staged at Versailles (1773) and Paris (1774). He then provided the words for the…