Jérôme de La Gorce (born 1951 in Paris) is a French art historian and musicologist. He is a specialist in dramatic music and performing arts in France in the 17th and 18th centuries. Career After having followed a double university course, he defended a thesis dedicated to the "marvelous in the opera under the reign of Louis XIV". Director of research at the CNRS, a member of the (UMR 8150), he also teaches at Paris-Sorbonne University. Publications 1986: Jean Bérain the Elder, dessinateur du Roi Soleil, Paris, Herscher 1991: Marin Marais (with Sylvette Milliot), Paris, Fayard 1992: L'Opéra à Paris au temps de Louis XIV : histoire d'un théâtre, Desjonquères 1997: Féeries d’opéra : décors, machines et costumes en France (1645–1765), Paris, éditions du Patrimoine 2002: Jean-Baptiste Lully, Paris, Fayard, 2005: Carlo Vigarani, intendant des plaisirs de Louis XIV, Perrin References External links Entretien avec Jérôme de la Gorce on Muse Baroque Jérôme de la Gorce on France Musique Jérôme de la Gorce: Les grandes fêtes parisiennes et leur rivalité avec celles de Versailles on YouTube 1951 births Living people Academic staff of Paris-Sorbonne University 20th-century French musicologists 21st-century French musicologists French art historians Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres