Nicolas Dezède
Nicolas-Alexandre Dezède was an 18th-century French composer born from unknown parents.
Dezède presented a great many opéras comiques, of which several were popular, at the Théâtre italien de Paris. He served the Duke des Deux-Ponts from 1749 to 1790. A freemason, he was initiated at the lodge Les Neuf Sœurs in Paris. Mozart and Beethoven both wrote variations on themes by Dezède.
His daughter Florine Dezède composed the opera ''Lucette et Lucas.''