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Israel Silvestre engraving of Moliere and Jean-Baptiste Lully's "La Princesse d'Elide," C0450, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Purchased by Steve Gerber from Schubertiade Music on January 26, 2010.
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French playwright Moliere and composer Jean-Baptiste Lully's comic ballet "La Princesse d'Elide," a theatrical performance that included spoken word, dance, and song, was first performed at the Palace of Versailles for the court of King Louis XIV of France in May 1664 (Victoria and Albert Museum, "The Origins of Ballet," Coe, "Ballet en comedie" or "comedie en ballet?," 111-112).
The collection consists of an engraving by Israel Silvestre illustrating the performance of "La Princesse d'Elide" at the Palace of Versailles in May 1664.
This is a single item collection.
Coe, Ada. ' 'Ballet en comedie' or 'comedie en ballet'? La Princesse d'Elide and Les Amants magnifiques.' Cahiers II, 1 (1988): 109-121. https://earlymodernfrance.org/node/154
Victoria and Albert Museum, 'The Origins of Ballet,' http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/o/origins-of-ballet/ (accessed November 5, 2019).