▁Mus ique , ▁where ▁the ▁st aging ▁took ▁place , ▁with ▁royal ▁soldiers ). ▁Mond on ville ' s ▁one ▁for ay ▁into ▁serious ▁French ▁opera ▁- ▁the ▁genre ▁known ▁as ▁trag édie ▁en ▁musique ▁- ▁was ▁a ▁failure ▁however . ▁He ▁took ▁the ▁unusual ▁step ▁of ▁re - using ▁a ▁libre tto , ▁Th és ée , ▁which ▁had ▁originally ▁been ▁set ▁in ▁ 1 6 7 5 ▁by ▁the ▁" father ▁of ▁French ▁opera ", ▁Jean - B apt iste ▁L ul ly . ▁Mond on ville ' s ▁bold ▁move ▁to ▁substitute ▁L ul ly ' s ▁much - lo ved ▁music ▁with ▁his ▁own ▁did ▁not ▁pay ▁off . ▁The ▁premi ere ▁at ▁the ▁court ▁in ▁ 1 7 6 5 ▁had ▁a ▁mixed ▁reception ▁and ▁a ▁public ▁performance ▁two ▁years ▁later ▁ended ▁with ▁the ▁audience ▁demand ing ▁it ▁be ▁replaced ▁by ▁the ▁original . ▁Yet ▁Mond on ville ▁was ▁merely ▁ahead ▁of ▁his ▁time ; ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 7 7 0 s , ▁it ▁became ▁fashion able ▁to ▁reset ▁L ul ly ' s ▁tra ged ies ▁with ▁new ▁music , ▁the ▁most ▁famous ▁example ▁being ▁Arm ide ▁by ▁Gl uck . ▁ ▁Selected ▁works ▁ ▁Inst rument al ▁▁ ▁Son ates ▁pour ▁viol on ▁op . 1 ▁( 1 7 3 3 ) ▁ ▁( 6 ) ▁Son ates ▁en ▁tri o ▁pour ▁deux ▁Vi ol ons ▁avec ▁la ▁bas se ▁continue ▁ Œ uv re ▁Second , ▁D éd i ées ▁à ▁Monsieur ▁le ▁Mar