Jouy, Victor-Joseph Etienne
(1764–1846)> LIBRETTIST
Jouy, Victor-Joseph Etienne , DIT de (1764, Jouy; 1846, Paris), librettist, left school at age 13 to join a regiment stationed in French Guiana. After the expiration of his enlistment, he went to the East Indies, where he was thrown into prison on account of amorous escapades. He managed to escape from his captors, however, but he was involved in a shipwreck before he managed to see Paris again. Once his troubles were behind him, he reenlisted in 1792. He was wounded in action and promoted, but…