Jean-Étienne Despréaux

Singer, Deceased Person

1748 – 1820

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Who was Jean-Étienne Despréaux?

Jean-Étienne Despréaux was a French ballet dancer, choreographer, composer, singer and playwright.

He was an author of several opera parodies, appreciated by king Louis XV of France, including Berlingue based on Philidor's Ernelinde, princesse de Norvège.

He retired in 1781 with pension of 1,000 livres. In 1789 he married Marie-Madeleine Guimard, a French ballerina.

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Born
Aug 31, 1748
Paris
Nationality
  • France
Profession
Died
Mar 26, 1820
Paris

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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