Fragments héroïques

Fragments héroïques is the collective title given to a tripartite composition that was offered as a spectacle coupé for the first time at the Opéra on 20 July 1759. The score and the three librettos have been lost, and there has been discussion about the several segments that were included in this work. It is generally agreed, however, that the composition embraced Phaétuse with music by Iso and words by Fuzelier (for Fuzelier, see seventeenth-century volume), Zémide with a score by Iso and a…