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Alexis Piron
Alexis Piron (9 July 1689 – 21 January 1773) was a French epigrammatist and dramatist.
Life.
He was born at Dijon, where his father, Aimé Piron, was an apothecary. Piron senior wrote verse in the Burgundian language. Alexis began life as clerk and secretary to a banker, and then studied law. In 1719, when nearly thirty years old, he went to Paris, where an accident brought him money and notoriety. The jealousy of the regular actors produced an edict restricting
subject with a libretto by such a notorious critic of the Church was bound to run into controversy and "Samson" was banned. An attempt to revive the project in a new version in 1736 also failed. Rameau recycled some of the music from "Samson" in his later operas.
"Les courses de Tempé".
"Les courses de Tempé" ("The Race of Tempe") was a pastoral drama by Alexis Piron. Both Piron and Rameau came from Dijon and the two were close friends. Rameau