Jussey
Jussey () is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. In 1973 it absorbed the former commune Noroy-lès-Jussey.librettist
A libretto (From the Italian word , ) is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major ...
, jurist and mayor. After a brief military career, he studied law in Paris and tried his luck at literature. His early verse met some success but his dramatic works did not. He then returned to his hometown to take some administrative positions (including that of mayor) without completely abandoning literature. He was received at the in 1780.
Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778), known by his ''Pen name, nom de plume'' Voltaire (, ; ), was a French Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment writer, philosopher (''philosophe''), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit ...
speaks of him in unflattering terms in a letter to Count of Tressan dated 3 February 1758.
Works
*1763: ''Le Rendez-vous'', opera in one act and in verse, mingled with ariettes on a music by Duni.
*1765: ''Épitre à monsieur
Diderot
Denis Diderot (; ; 5 October 171331 July 1784) was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer, best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert. He was a prominent figure during t ...
'', in ', 15 May, then, but abridged in the ''
Mercure de France
The () was originally a French gazette and literary magazine first published in the 17th century, but after several incarnations has evolved as a publisher, and is now part of the Éditions Gallimard publishing group.
The gazette was publis ...
'', July 1765 (p. 45) See: Roland Desné, ''Quand Catherine II achetait la bibliothèque de Diderot'', in Raymond Trousson (dir.), ''Thèmes et figures du XVIIIe siècle'', Droz, 1980, ().
*1769: ''Les protégés'', three-act comedy, Paris.
*1769: ''Amusements poétiques'', London and also kept in
Besançon
Besançon (, ; , ; archaic ; ) is the capital of the Departments of France, department of Doubs in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The city is located in Eastern France, close to the Jura Mountains and the border with Switzerland.
Capi ...
, Lépagnez cadet, 1780, 20 pages.
*1780: ''Le Berger'', fable.
*1782: ''Épitre à un amateur des Beaux-Art''.
*1783: ''Susky'', cautionary tale in prose, published in ''Affiches de Franche-Comté''.
*1784: ''L'Orateur'', poem to abbot Talbert.
*From 1765: Different pieces in the ''
Almanach des Muses
''L'Almanach des Muses'' was a French-language poetry magazine published in Paris, France.
History and profile
''Almanach des Muses'' was founded in 1765 by Claude-Sixte Sautreau de Marsy, Sautreau de Marsy. The magazine was much in vogue during ...
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Bibliography
* Charles Weisse, ''Notice sur M. Légier'', in ''Mémoires de la Société d'agriculture de la Haute-Saône'',
Vesoul
Vesoul ( ) is a Communes of France, commune in the predominantly rural Haute-Saône department, of which it is the Prefectures in France, prefecture, or capital, in the Regions of France, region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté located in eastern Franc ...
, 1812, tome III p. 251-260 L'auteur a publié une synthèse de cette notice dans la ''Biographie universelle, ancienne et moderne'', Paris, L. G. Michaud, 1819, vol. 23 p. 569
* N. L. M. Desessarts et al., ''Les siècles littéraires de la France'', Paris, chez l'auteur, an IX (1801), tome 4 p. 127