In 1752, the leading champion of Italian music, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, produced a short opera, Le Devin du village, in an attempt to introduce his ideals of musical simplicity and naturalness to France.
I 1752 producerede den førende forkæmper for italiensk musik, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, en kort opera, Le Devin du village, i et forsøg på at etablere sine idealer om musikalsk enkelhed og naturlighed i Frankrig.