Tannevot, Alexandre

Tannevot, Alexandre (1692, Versailles; 1773, Paris), librettist, remained attached to the financial branch of the government in one way or another for 60 years, and he was secretary to Boulogne for a while during the latter’s tenure as comptroller general for the Crown. He was also royal censor at the time of his death. He wrote a tragedy entitled Sethos (1739) that was never performed, and he published several volumes of verse and separate poems in honor of Louis XV. He edited the motets of…