François de Chennevières
Illustration — Printed portrait of Francois de Chennevieres (1770) François de Chennevières (22 November 1699 in La Rochefoucauld – 13 November 1779) was an 18th-century French poet and librettist. Among other works, Chennevières authored a collection of poems, the Loisirs de M. de C*** (The Hague, Neaulme, 1764 2 vol. In-18).
François de Chennevières
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- 1699 · La Rochefoucauld.
- Died
- 1779 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
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- poet · librettist · playwright · beamter · writer
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Printed portrait of Francois de Chennevieres (1770) François de Chennevières (22 November 1699 in La Rochefoucauld – 13 November 1779) was an 18th-century French poet and librettist. Among other works, Chennevières authored a collection of poems, the Loisirs de M. de C*** (The Hague, Neaulme, 1764 2 vol. In-18).
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François de Chennevières (1699–1779) was a beamter, librettist and playwright, among other activities, of French nationality. The beamter was born in La Rochefoucauld and died in Paris. Languages used include French.
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We also owe him Célime, ou le Temple de l'indifférence détruit par l'amour, ballet in one act presented by the Académie royale de musique 28 September 1756 (Paris, aux dépens de l'Académie, Vve Delormel et fils, 1756). He also wrote Détails militaires dont la connoissance est nécessaire à tous les officiers et principalement aux commissaires des guerres (Paris, P.-J. Mariette, 1742, 2 vol. In-12). His portrait was engraved by Étienne Ficquet. He was close to Voltaire with whom he exchanged correspondence as well as with Moncrif, Fontenelle, Marmontel and Gentil-Bernard.
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The following is established of origins and background. Born in 1699 at La Rochefoucauld. Institutional cataloguing adds that françois de Chennevières died in 1779 at Paris.
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- Hippolyte Fournier, Mémoires de Mme Du Hausset, Paris, Flammarion, 1891, (p. 32).
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