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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 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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    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 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    2022-12-20. Cicero. "de Inventione II". The Latin Library. Archived from the original on 2021-01-10. Retrieved 2014-01-17. Seneca La "Comsolatio ad Helviam...
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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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    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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    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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    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 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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  • 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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    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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  • (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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  • 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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    Music of Italy (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    France from Italy caught on, and the first ballet performed in France (1581), Ballet Comique de la Reine, was choreographed by an Italian, Baltazarini...
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    Léo Delibes (category French ballet composers)
    his music for the ballet La Source in 1866. His later ballets Coppélia and Sylvia were key works in the development of modern ballet, giving the music...
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    Georges Bizet. Virtually all his opera libretti are for opéras comiques, although La reine de Chypre (1841), for Halévy, was a grand opera. In all Saint-Georges...
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    Hector Berlioz Les martyrs (1840) – Gaetano Donizetti La favorite (1840) – Gaetano Donizetti La reine de Chypre (1841) – Fromental Halévy Charles VI (1843)...
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