Molière Sagnier. Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière (; ; 15 January 162217 February 1673), was a French playwright, actor and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and universal literature. His extant works includes comedies, farces, tragicomedies, comédie-ballets, and more. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed at the Comédie-Française more often than those of any other playwright today. His influence is such that the French language itself is often referred to as the "language of Molière". Born into a prosperous family and having studied
Jean-Baptiste Masse He also composed a "Premier Suite de Menuets nouveaux à 2 violoncelles". The Masse sonatas are some of the first virtuoso pieces written for cello and basso continuo. Jean-Baptiste Masse Jean Baptiste Masse (c. 1700 – c. 1757) was a French composer and violoncello player. He was an "Ordinaire de la Chambre du Roi" and a member of the King's Bande of Twenty-Four Violins and of the orchestra of the "Comédie Française". Little is known of his life other than the publication dates of his first three volumes of sonatas and the appearance of his name on the payroll of