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Louis Hurtaut Dancourt〔He often published under Dancourt or L. H. Dancourt. He was born Louis Heurteaux (also spelled Hurtaut) and adopted Dancourt as a pseudonym. The latter name is also sometimes given as d'Ancourt.〕 (1725 – 29 July 1801) was a French librettist, dramatist, and actor.〔Couvreur 2001.〕 ==Career== He was born Louis Heurteaux in Paris, and later adopted Dancourt as a pseudonym.〔Couvreur 2001; (Louis Heurteaux dit Dancourt ) at (''césar'' ) (French).〕 He was unsuccessful in Paris as an actor and appeared in the French provinces in Rennes, Strasbourg, Bordeaux, and Rouen, as well as outside of France in Bayreuth, Munich, Berlin, and Brussels.〔 In Berlin after 1755, he wrote the libretto of ''Le triple horoscope'', a ''divertissement'' with music composed by Gaultier. In 1762, with a favorable recommendation from Charles Simon Favart, he joined the French company performing in Vienna. His libretto for ''La rencontre imprévue, ou Les pèlerins de la Mecque'' (1763), a three-act opéra-comique, was set to music by Christoph Willibald Gluck and first performed on 7 January 1764 in Vienna. Dancourt was able to mount revivals in Brussels in 1765, Bordeaux (as ''Ali et Rezia'') in 1766, and Paris (as ''Les fous de Médine, ou La rencontre imprévue'', with music arranged by Jean-Pierre Solié) in 1790. It was adapted and translated into Italian by Carl Friberth and inspired Haydn's ''L'incontro improvviso'' (1775).〔 He died in Paris.〔 Other librettos include: * ''Le mariage par capitulation'', music by Jean-Joseph Rodolphe, 1764 * ''Éscope à Cythère'', music by Jean-Claude Trial, 1766 * ''Scamandre'', pastoral, music by Rozière, Dugué, and Feyseau the younger, Bordeaux, 1766 * ''Le combat nocturne, ou Les morts vivants'', music by Claude Le Petit, 1769 * ''Jephté'', music by Henri-Joseph Rigel, 1783 * ''Ariane, fille de Minos'', music by Rigel, 1784 * ''Le faux serment, ou La matronne de Gonesse'', music by Prosper-Didier Deshayes, 1785 * ''Atine et Zamorin, ou L'amour turc'', music by Rigel, 1786 * ''L'art d'aimer, ou L'amour au village'', music by Louis-Sébastien Lebrun, 1790 * ''Le magot de la Chine'', music by Rigel, 1800 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Louis Hurtaut Dancourt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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