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See also:JEAN See also:NICOLAS See also:BOUILLY (1763-1842) , See also:French author, was See also:born near See also:Tours on the 24th of See also:January 1763 . At the outbreak of the Revolution he held See also:office under the new See also:government, and had a considerable See also:share in the organization of See also:primary See also:education . In 1799 he retired from public See also:life to devote himself,to literature . His numerous See also:works include the musical See also:comedy, See also:Pierre le See also:Grand (1790), for See also:Gretry's See also:music, and the See also:opera, See also:Les Deux Journees (1800), music by See also:Cherubini; also L'See also:Abbe de l'See also:epee (1800), and some other plays; and Causeries d'un vieillard (1807), Contes a ma fille Wog), and Les Adieux du vieux conteur (1835) . His Leonore (1798) formed the basis of the libretto of the i'idelio of See also:Beethoven . See also:Bouilly died in See also:Paris on the 14th of See also:April 1842 . See Bouilly, See also:Mes recapitulations (3 vols., 1836—1837) ; E . See also:Legouve, Soixante ans de souvenir (1;" partie, 1886) . |
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