 The "Querelle des Bouffons" (1752–54), mentioned above, was a major turning-point for "opéra comique".In 1752, the leading champion of Italian music, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, produced a short opera, "Le Devin du village", in an attempt to introduce his ideals of musical simplicity and naturalness to France.Though Rousseau's piece had no spoken dialogue, it provided an ideal model for composers of "opéra comique" to follow.