Candide Candide. Born François-Marie Arouet, Voltaire (1694–1778), by the time of the Lisbon earthquake, was already a well-established author, known for his satirical wit. He had been made a member of the Académie Française in 1746. He was a deist, a strong proponent of religious freedom, and a critic of tyrannical governments. "Candide" became part of his large, diverse body of philosophical, political and artistic works expressing these views. More specifically, it was a model for the eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century novels called the "contes philosophiques". This genre, of which Voltaire was one of the founders, included previous works of his
Marie Parcello Marie Parcello Marie Victoria Parcells (also, Maritje Victoria Parcells Bixby; nicknames, Maude, Maxie; August 27, 1860, Cayuga, New York - July 22, 1937, Plattsburgh, New York) was an American singer, better known by her adopted name, Marie Parcello. Her contralto voice had the unusual range of three octaves, from C to C. She debuted as a concert contralto in Paris at the age of 20. Parcello was born Maude Marie V. Parcells at Cayuga, New York. Her parents were Rev. Joseph Jerome and Mraitje (Felthousen) Parcells. She was surrounded by musical influences from her infancy, her grandfather, Dr. Christopher Feldhausen,