Deschamps, Jacques-Marie

Deschamps, Jacques-Marie (1750, Paris; 1826, Paris), librettist, started his literary career with a series of 13 comedies played at Paris theatres between 1790 and 1799, and most of his works were done in collaboration with such writers as Barré, Desfontaines, and Radet. His initial text for the musical theatre was Claudine (1794) performed at the Feydeau with a score by Bruni , who also did the music for his Hymne à l’être suprême sung on the Champs-de-Mars in 1794. He translated some lesser…