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Balet comiqve de la royne : faict avx nopces de monsieur le duc de Ioyeuse & madamoyselle de Vaudemont sa sœur

Title
Balet comiqve de la royne : faict avx nopces de monsieur le duc de Ioyeuse & madamoyselle de Vaudemont sa sœur / par Baltasar de Beavioyevlx.
Author
Beaujoyeulx, Baltasar de, -approximately 1587.
Publication
À Paris : Par Adrian le Roy, Robert Ballard, & Mamert Patisson, 1582.

Details

Additional Authors
  • La Chesnaye.
  • Beaulieu, Lambert de, active 16th century.
  • Salmon, Jacques, active 16th century.
  • Patin, Jacques, active 16th century.
  • Drexel Collection.
Description
8 p. l., 75 f., 1 l. incl. plates.
Uniform Title
Balet comique de la royne
Alternative Title
Balet comique de la royne
Subjects
Genre/Form
Ballet – Stories, plots, etc.
Note
  • Although the Balet comique de la reine, known also as Circé, was planned by Baltasar de Beaujoyeulx, he had several assistants in its composition. The verses were written by La Chesnaye from Beaujoyeulx's sketches; the music, included here in parts, was composed by Lambert de Beaulieu assisted by Jacques Salmon and other court musicians; and the etchings, with which the book is illustrated, were made from designs by Jacques Patin. Bookplates of Horatio Walpole and Sir Henri Brooke Cobham.
  • First performed in 1581.
  • Manuscript additions to title page.
  • Marginal manuscript notes on title page indicate this copy was once the property of Ben Jonson.
Access (note)
  • Requires permission of the curator; please use *ZB-179 or JME 83-109.
Indexed In (note)
  • Catalogue of the valuable library of the late Edward Francis Rimbault (London, 1877)
Additional Formats (note)
  • Microfilm.
Provenance (note)
  • Former owners: Ben Jonson, Henry Brooke Cobham, Horace Walpole, Edward F. Rimbault.
Call Number
*ZB-179
OCLC
NYPY720000657-C
Author
Beaujoyeulx, Baltasar de, -approximately 1587.
Title
Balet comiqve de la royne : faict avx nopces de monsieur le duc de Ioyeuse & madamoyselle de Vaudemont sa sœur / par Baltasar de Beavioyevlx.
Imprint
À Paris : Par Adrian le Roy, Robert Ballard, & Mamert Patisson, 1582.
Access
Requires permission of the curator; please use *ZB-179 or JME 83-109.
Indexed In:
Catalogue of the valuable library of the late Edward Francis Rimbault (London, 1877), p. 59, item 1011.
Additional Formats
Microfilm.
Provenance
Former owners: Ben Jonson, Henry Brooke Cobham, Horace Walpole, Edward F. Rimbault.
Local Subject
Ballets -- Scores
Ballet scenarios. Balet comique de la royne.
Place of Publication
France Île-de-France Paris.
Added Author
Drexel Collection.
La Chesnaye.
Beaulieu, Lambert de, active 16th century.
Salmon, Jacques, active 16th century.
Patin, Jacques, active 16th century.
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637, former owner,
Cobham, Henri Brooke, former owner,
Walpole, Horatio Walpole, Baron, 1678-1757, former owner,
Rimbault, Edward F. (Edward Francis), 1816-1876, former owner,
Research Call Number
*ZB-179 [Microfilm]
Drexel 5995 (Locked case)
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