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French composer Michel de La Guerre (c. 1605-1679) has some claim to composing that nation's first opera, Le triomphe de l'Amour sur des bergers et bergères.
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La Guerre, Michel de
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Biography showing possible claim as composer of earliest French opera. From the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
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Michel de La Guerre
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Brief biography from the Here of a Sunday Morning radio program.
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Michel de la Guerre
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Biographical sketch at OperaGlass at Stanford University.
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