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    The Ballet Comique de la Reine (at the time spelled Balet comique de la Royne) was an elaborate court spectacle performed on October 15, 1581, during...
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    1581, Catherine de' Medici commissioned another court ballet, Ballet Comique de la Reine, however it was her compatriot, Balthasar de Beaujoyeulx, who...
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    dance Ballet Comique de la Reine - sometimes called the "first ballet" 17th century French ballet Comédie-ballet 18th century Baroque dance Opéra-ballet Ballet...
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  • century. The first ballet de cour to fuse dance, poetry, music and design into a coherent dramatic statement was the Ballet Comique de la Reine, performed in...
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    the production of the Ballet Comique de la Reine in 1581 is regarded by scholars as the first authentic ballet. Catherine de' Medici's great love among...
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    Baldassare de Belgiojoso's balletto comico, also known as Balthasar de Beaujoyeulx's Ballet Comique de la Reine (1581) and was a ballet comique (ballet drama)...
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  • the 'Ballet Comique de la Reine'. This ballet was presented at the Petit Bourbon on 15 October 1581, and related the story of Circe. Comic ballets include:...
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    the Ballet Comique de la Reine which cost over a million écu. She organized her own team of writers and musicians: the text was by the Sieur de la Chesnaye...
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    significance in the rise of chamber music. The Balet comique de la royne, later known as the Ballet Comique de la Reine, was created in October 1581 under the reign...
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  • the Ballet Comique de la Reine in 1581. Ballet comique de la reine (1581) "Ballet composé pour le mariage du duc de Joyeuse et de Marguerite de Vaudémont...
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    The first Ballet per se is thought to be Balthasar de Beaujoyeulx's Ballet Comique de la Reine (1581). By the mid-16th century Commedia Dell'arte became...
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    Baiser de la fée, Igor Stravinsky, 1928 Baldurs draumar, Geirr Tveitt, 1938 Ballet Comique de la Reine, 1581 Ballet de la Merlaison, 1635 Ballet égyptien...
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    new genre of ballet de cour. The Ballet Comique de la Reine, regarded by James R. Anthony as the first true ballet de cour, was performed at the Petit-Bourbon...
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    Ballet Comique de la Reine, devised and presented by Queen Louise, who directed her own team of writers and musicians. The text was by Nicolas de La Chesnaye...
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    Cicero. "de Inventione II". The Latin Library. Archived from the original on 2021-01-10. Retrieved 2014-01-17. Seneca (2004). Seneca. La «Consolatio...
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    and it became the norm for a major ballet to climax each series of magnificences. The Ballet Comique de la Reine, devised under Catherine's influence...
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  • Ballet Comique de la Reine by Balthasar de Beaujoyeulx "Amaryllis", a 17th-century air de cour composed by Louis XIII of France; see Ballet Comique de...
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    where it served as a source for the Ballet comique de la Reine (1581), part of wedding festivities at court. The Ballet was a musical drama with dancing...
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    Baltasar de Beaujoyeulx, virtuoso violinist and master of ceremonies for Catherine de' Medici's court festivals, he created the Ballet Comique de la Reine, the...
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    Ballet Comique de la Reine, the first narrative ballet, devised by Louise of Lorraine, wife of Henry III of France, and choreographed by Balthasar de...
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    Pigeons is a ballet originally choreographed in two acts by Louis Mérante to music by André Messager. The libretto by Mérante and Henri de Régnier is based...
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    decorations for the Hôtel de Boissy. In 1581 Patin designed the sets and costumes for the first ballet de cour, the Balet comique de la Royne, which was performed...
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  • the Ballets de cour (Court Ballet) - an allegorical and fantastic mixture of dance and theatre. The most famous of these is the "Ballet comique de la reine"...
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  • composed by the French king Louis XIII (in reality, it is from the Ballet Comique de la Reine associated with Henry III), Ghys arranged it for piano solo, with...
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    An image personifying the four virtues (Ballet Comique de la Reine, 1582)...
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  • 1582 in music – 1581 in music – The court entertainment Ballet comique de la reine by Balthazar de Beaujoyeulx was presented on Oct 15 1580 in music – Appearance...
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    Manon (category Opera world premieres at the Opéra-Comique)
    Prior to Massenet's work, Halévy (Manon Lescaut, ballet, 1830) and Auber (Manon Lescaut, opéra comique, 1856) had used the subject for musical stage works...
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  • (1597). the Ballet de cour — an allegorical and fantastic mixture of dance and theater. The most famous of these is the "Ballet comique de la reine" (1581)...
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    Aline, reine de Golconde (‘Aline, Queen of Golconda’) is an opera (ballet-héroïque) in three acts by Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny to a libretto by Michel-Jean...
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    Ballet Comique de la Reine, the first narrative ballet, devised by Louise of Lorraine, wife of Henry III of France, and choreographed by Balthasar de...
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