Michel de la Guerre

Brother-in-law of Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre, La Guerre succeeded Charles Racquet as organist of St. Leu in around 1620. From 1633 till his death he was organist of the Sainte-Chapelle. He is considered by many to be the first French opera composer.

Opera

• Le triomphe de l'Amour sur des bergers et bergères (22 January 1655, Louvre, Paris) [music lost]
. Charles de Beys.

contributed by Robert Martindale