Music History Monday

Music History Monday


Music History Monday: Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Enlightened Opera

July 02, 2018

240 years ago today – on July 2, 1778 – the Swiss-born philosopher, novelist, educator, music theorist and critic, and composer Jean-Jacques Rousseau died at age 66 in the township of Ermenonville, roughly 25 miles north-east of Paris.