From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #15672 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Thursday, March 6 2025 Volume 14 : Number 15672 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Still wondering? ["The Awakening Course" Subject: Still wondering? Still wondering? http://omegakrill.ru.com/XqKQlGPmI3WXk8b5CAC6Cn_WEmERvLqAvd7o_kMz3GR6l9bZ5g http://omegakrill.ru.com/8Er9z2uKysVOdAjP0x7P2UwdaW2GwXQwL2v4e-mpX0faTG5PLA lly died (in 1687), the number of new works per year almost doubled, since his successors (Pascal Collasse, Henri Desmarets, AndrC) Campra, AndrC) Cardinal Destouches, and Marin Marais) had greater difficulty sustaining the interest of the public. Revivals of Lully's works were common. French composers at the OpC)ra generally wrote music to new librettos, which had to be approved by the directors of the company. The Italian practice of preparing new settings of existing librettos was considered controversial and did not become the norm in Paris until around 1760. One of the most important of the new works during this period was an opC)ra-ballet by Campra called L'Europe galante presented in 1697. Ballet In 1661 Louis XIV, who was a dancer himself and one of the great architects of baroque ballet (the art form which would one day evolve into classical ballet), established the AcadC)mie Royale de Danse, intended to codify court and character dances and to certify dance teachers by examination. From 1680 until Lully's death, it was under the direction of the great dancing master Pierre Beauchamp, the man who codified the five positions of the feet. When Lully took over the OpC)ra in 1672, he and Beauchamp made theatrical ballet an important part of the company's productions. The ballet of that time was merely an extension of the opera, having yet to evolve into an independent form of theatrical art. As it became more important, however, the dance component of the company began to be referred to as the Paris Opera Ballet. In 1713 an associated ballet school was opened, today known as the Paris Opera Ballet School. The AcadC)mie Royale de Danse remained sepa ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #15672 ***********************************************