Balthasar de Beaujoyeulx
Illustration — Engraving of the first scene of the Ballet Comique de la Reine. Click to enlarge. Balthasar de Beaujoyeulx (modernized French: Balthazar de Beaujoyeux baltazaʁ də boʒwajø), originally Baldassare da (or di) Belgiojoso (modern Italian pronunciation: baldasˈsaːre da/di beldʒoˈjoːzo; died c.
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Balthasar de Beaujoyeulx
Jacques Patin · http: Figure 398 in Paul Lacroix, aka Bibliophile Jacob (1874). Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance P · Public domain
- Born
- 1535 · Piedmont.
- Died
- 1587 · Paris.
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- France
- Occupation
- choreographer · composer · violinist
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- classical music
- Languages
- French
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1587 in Paris) was an Italian violinist, composer, and choreographer.
Beaujoyeulx moved to Paris in 1555, where he became a servant at the court of Catherine de' Medici. He tutored two of her sons and displayed a talent for arranging elaborate entertainments for the court. He participated in the masquerade Défense du paradis in 1572 and mounted the Ballet aux ambassadeurs polonais in 1573: one of the first works to be recognized as a true court ballet, staged to honor the Polish ambassadors who were visiting Paris upon the accession of Henry of Anjou to the throne of Poland. On 24 September 1581 Henry III's favorite the Duke de Joyeuse married Marguerite de Lorraine (1564–1625), daughter of Nicolas, Duke of Mercœur and sister of the queen consort Louise of Lorraine. For the wedding celebrations Queen Louise devised and presented a five-and-a-half-hour dance extravaganza called 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 (Nicolas Filleul), the music by "Lambert de Beaulieu" (in fact Girard de Beaulieu), the sets by Jacques Patin, and Beaujoyeulx, who created the scenario, choreographed, stage managed, and directed. Since it incorporated a story line about the legend of the mythological enchantress Circe, it is generally regarded as the first ballet. The title page of his published account of the event states that he was employed as valet de chambre to both the King (Catherine's son, Henry III) and the Queen (queen consort Louise of Lorraine).
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1535
Balthasar de Beaujoyeulx born at Piedmont.
1587
Balthasar de Beaujoyeulx died at Paris.
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- 1.Le fait est rapporté dans le Quatrième discours des Dames galantes, de Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme. Brissac avait également amené à la cour le danseur Pompée Diabon (cf. Handy p. 43).
- 2.Paris AN : KK 127 f. 2301 (en 1560), cité d’après Handy 2008 p. 127.
- 3.Paris BNF (Ars.) : ms. 6006 f. 219, aux gages de 240 lt par an, cité d’après Handy 2008 p. 127.
- 4.Paris AN : MC XC 139, 18 mai 1583 et KK 116, f. 32r-32v. Il est encore mentionné en 1589 comme valet de chambre de Henri III, cf. Paris BNF : ms. Clairambault 1216 f. 62r, cité d’après Handy 2008 p. 372.
- 5.Cf. respectivement Paris BNF (Mss.) : Français 7007, f. 109r-109v, Français 23029 f. 140v, Français 23946 f. 1v et Français 23944 f. 54 (en 1566), cités d’après Handy 2008 p. 105, 127 et 138. La somme des trois charges lui rapporte 620 lt par an.
- 6.Instrumentiste de Catherine de Médicis en 1580-1585, cf. Paris AN : KK 116 f. 32r-32v. Violoniste de Henri III : Paris BNF (Mss.): Français 7835 pièce 24, 9 mars 1582, cités d’après Handy 2008 p. 434. Divers actes sur lui et sa bande de violons : Guillo 1998 passim.
- 7.Cf. Guérin 1892, assemblée du 16 août 1586.
- 8.AD Loir-et-Cher : E 656 (relative à la closerie de Beaujoyeulx, paroisse de Saint-Secondin des Vignes), et recherches du Docteur Mornet sur Saint-Secondin et Molineuf.
- 9.Paris AN : KK 116 f. 32, cité d’après Handy 2008 p. 130.
- 10.Paris BNF : ms. Clairambault 1216 f. 62r.
- 11.Cf. Paris BNF (Mss.) : Français 7007 f. 82r (en 1572) et Dupuy 852 f. 38v (en 1578), cités d’après Brooks 2000 p. 106.
- 12.Cité d’après Handy 2008 p. 308.
- 13.Contrat de mariage : Paris AN : Y//123 f. 244, 6 février 1595, cité par Ecorcheville 1907 p. 13.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Balthasar de Beaujoyeux, Baldassare da Belgiojoso and Balthazar de Beaujoyeux. His recorded language was French.
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