“ A man living in solitude in Paris will never succeed in anything. de la Popliniere, to whom Gauffecourt, at my return to Geneva had introduced me. de la Popliniere was the Mecaenas of Rameau; Madam de la Popliniere his very humble scholar. ”
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Confessions (1782). copy citation
| Author | Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
|---|---|
| Source | Confessions |
| Topic | solitude Paris |
| Date | 1782 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by Samuel William Orson |
| Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Confessions_(Rousseau) |
Context
“He came twice, and did something to the middle parts in the act of Ovid; but he could not confine himself to an assiduous application by the allurement of advantages which were distant and uncertain. He did not come a third time, and I finished the work myself.
My opera completed, the next thing was to make something of it: this was by much the more difficult task of the two. A man living in solitude in Paris will never succeed in anything. de la Popliniere, to whom Gauffecourt, at my return to Geneva had introduced me. de la Popliniere was the Mecaenas of Rameau; Madam de la Popliniere his very humble scholar. I was on the point of making my way by means of M. M. Rameau was said to govern in that house. Judging that he would with pleasure protect the work of one of his disciples, I wished to show him what I had done.” source
My opera completed, the next thing was to make something of it: this was by much the more difficult task of the two. A man living in solitude in Paris will never succeed in anything. de la Popliniere, to whom Gauffecourt, at my return to Geneva had introduced me. de la Popliniere was the Mecaenas of Rameau; Madam de la Popliniere his very humble scholar. I was on the point of making my way by means of M. M. Rameau was said to govern in that house. Judging that he would with pleasure protect the work of one of his disciples, I wished to show him what I had done.” source
