Louise Geneviève Gillot de Saintonge

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Died 24 March 1718		Libretti Didon

Louise-Geneviève de Saintonge, née Gillot de Beaucourt, (1650 – 24 March 1718) was a French femme de lettres and librettist.

The daughter of Gillot de Beaucourt and Geneviève de Gomez de Vasconcelle, a novelist and playwright, Louise-Geneviève Gillot married M. de Sainctonge or Saintonge, a lawyer.

Works

Poésies galantes J. Guignard, Paris, in-12. 1696

Poésies diverses de Mme de Sainctonge, 2nd edition A. de Fay, Dijon 1714

Histoire secrète de dom Antoine, roi de Portugal, J. Guignard, Paris 1696

La Diane de Montemayor, ou Avantures secrètes de plusieurs Grands d'Espagne, avec l'Heureux larcin, la Princesse des Isles inconnues, et l'Amant ingénieux, contes. Ensemble, l'Origine des contes, ou le Triomphe de la folie sur le bon goût. P. Prault, Paris 1733

Didon, tragedy lyrique with music by Desmarest, impr. de C. Ballard, Paris 1693 Read online on Gallica

Circé, tragédie en musique presented by the Académie royale de musique ; music by Henry Desmarets, 1694 by A. Schelte (in Amsterdam according to the copy printed in Paris), 1695 Read online on Gallica

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Louise-Geneviève Gillot de Saintonge Wikipedia

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