11/07/2011

MIMO - Musical Instruments Museums Online

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MIMO - Musical Instruments Museums Online is an European project. Eleven partner museums have photographed their musical instruments (inc...
3/31/2011

Château de Versailles Magazine

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This is the first issue of a magazine dedicated to the chateau de Versailles and its history. It is possible to order it from the publisher...
3/02/2011

Dans l'Atelier des Menus Plaisirs - Exhibition

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Proserpine (libretto by Quinault, music by Lully) Frontispiece designed by Berain Dans l'atelier des Menus Plaisirs du Roi - spectacles...
2/01/2011

Visit Versailles with Google Art Project

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Palace of Versailles
1/29/2011

Ancient Fabrics and Costumes - Le Manach Auction III

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TEXTILES ANCIENS - LE MANACH III from the Manufacture LE MANACH (*) collection of ancient fabrics and wallpapers, and others Thierry de Maig...
1/24/2011

Celebrations

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Each year the 'Mission des Célébrations nationales' establishes a list of people and events to be commemorated. We heard a lot abou...
1/15/2011

Sciences & Curiosities at the Court of Versailles

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Sciences & Curiosities at the Court of Versailles is the title of the current exhibition in the chateau de Versailles. It started in O...
12/30/2010

The Mistresses of Louis XIV

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or 'Les Maîtresses de Louis XIV'. It is the name of a perfume by Romea d'Ameor . IRANIAN GALBANUM BLACKCURRANT-MELON CLOVE CRUSH...
12/16/2010

Splendour of Table and Décor at Versailles

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The restoration of the magnificent room called the 'Antichambre du Grand Couvert', in the Palace of Versailles, has just been comple...

The Attributes of Music

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Two paintings, The Attributes of civilian music and The Attribute of Military music (1767) by Jean-Siméon Chardin (1699-1779) were recentl...

Henri IV's Head

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A head reputed to be that of the French King Henri IV was found in a private home in 2008. After two years of investigation, a multidiciplin...
11/27/2010

Grands Motets for Louis XIV

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Grands Motets pour Louis XIV by Le Chœur de Chambre de Namur and Les Agrémens under Guy Van Waas . The concert will take place at the Chap...
11/04/2010

Cherubini's Requiem for Louis XVI

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Cherubini's Requiem for Louis XVI will be given on January 21st, 2011, at the Chapelle Royale de Versailles. Louis XVI was executed on...
11/03/2010

The Princess of Montpensier

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The Princess of Montpensier , a period film by Bertrand Tavernier based on the eponymous novel by Madame de La Fayette (Marie-Madeleine Pioc...
10/18/2010

Rameau Redux - Opera Français de New York

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RAMEAU REDUX November 10, 2010 - 7:30pm Lycée Français de New York (LFNY) 505 East 75th Street, New York City Rameau Redux juxtaposes the b...
9/22/2010

Bellérophon

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Lully's opera Bellérophon was revived this year in the occasion of the Festival de Beaune. It had been created in 1679 in Paris (Pala...
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Quantova

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In the years 1673/1674, Madame de Sévigné's and her friends started to refer to Madame de Montespan as "Quantova" or "Qua...
8/27/2010

Louis Quatorze - Louis XIV

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Louis XIV is the theme of the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht 2010 which is starting today... "Ten days of French Baroque music in Utrec...
7/05/2010

Sculptures Versailles

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Petit Trianon Cornice Sculptures Versailles is a wonderful ressource dedicated to the outdoor decoration of the Chateau de Versailles. It p...
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6/17/2010

Dress for Dance (II)

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Costume Colloquium : Dress for Dance Florence, November 4 - 7, 2010 Following the great success of the first Costume Colloquium (held in Flo...