Glossary

24 Violons
 
L'Académie royale de danse
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Ballet de cour
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Comédie-ballet
 
Dauphin
divertissement
engraving
Ensemble finale
exposition
folio
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The Fronde
An alliance of French nobles and the judges of the Parlement during the minority of Louis XIV who resented the Regent, Anne of Austria and Mazarin, her Italian foreign minister, and who supported parliamentary reforms to limit the power of the monarchy. Between 1648 and 1652, the debate escalated into civil war. Royal troops besieged Paris, which was controlled by the Frondists. Lully's first patron, Mlle. de Montpensier, was a leader in the Fronde. The defeat of the Fronde in 1652, returned power to the monarchy.
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joints
lettered tile
libretto
LWV
The initials LWV refer to entries in the Lully thematic catalog: Herbert Schneider, Chronologisch-thematisches Verzeichnis säaut;mtlicher Werke von Jean-Baptiste Lully (LWV). Tutzing: Schneider, 1981. The initials LWV after titles of Lully's works refer to the the ordering of Lully's works in the Lully thematic catalog: Herbert Schneider, Chronologisch-thematisches Verzeichnis säaut;mtlicher Werke von Jean-Baptiste Lully (LWV). Tutzing: Schneider, 1981.

lyric theater
movable type
octavo
opera
pastorale
Les petits violons
The small string ensemble that Lully took over and turned into a showpiece. , has earned him an important place in the development of the modern orchestra
Printer's mark
Privilege (patent)
Prologue
Quarto
recitative

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score (full score, reduced score, etc.)
Soliloquy
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Te deum
"Te Deum laudamus"--Lord we praise thee.

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Tragédie lyrique
Tragédie mise en musique
 
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