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Jacques de Belleville

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Jacques de Montmorency, sieur de Belleville (died c. 1640) was an 17th-century French violinist, lutenist, ballet master and composer.

He was one of Louis XIII of France's dance masters with Nicolas Dugap, Jacques Cordier called "Bocan" and Pierre Beauchamp.

27 mai 1637 he married Antoinette Guibourg, the widow of painter and theater costume designer Daniel Rabel.

Works

He is best known for the great ballets of which he wrote the music and organized the choreography to the court of Louis XIII between 1615 and 1632, including:

  • 1615: Ballet des petits Mores
  • 1617: Ballet de la délivrance de Renaud, the stories are by Pierre Guédron
  • 1619: Ballet de Tancrède
  • 1620: Ballet de Psyché
  • 1625: Ballet des Fées de la Forêt de Saint-Germain, the stories are by Antoine Boësset
  • 1632: Ballet du château de Bicêtre

    • We also have orchestral suites and arrangements for lute tablature published in the compendium Airs de différents auteurs mis en tablature sur des accords nouveaux, Paris, 1631.

    References

    Jacques de Belleville Wikipedia
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