La Mare, abbé de
(1708–1742)> LIBRETTIST
La Mare or La Marre, abbé de (1708, Quimper; 1742, Bavaria), librettist, is remembered principally for the work he did for Voltaire , but he was also a contributor to the repertory of the Royal Academy of Music. His first composition for the Palais-Royal was the ballet Zaïde, reine de Grenade of 1739, for which he did another act entitled Momus amoureux (1739) only two months later. The artistes produced his Titon et l’Aurore on 9 January 1753. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Sort…