Baroque music: 17th century in France
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In France, the baroque music started with the Air de cour during the reign of Louix XIII. The king enjoyed arts, and at this period, Versailles was a little castle with a hudge hunt-ground. The King went here with musicians and artists to amuse himself. There was no women here.
The composers of Airs de cour were Etienne Moulinié, Pierre Guédron, Antoine Boësset...
An Air de Cour is a little vocal song accompaned on luth.
In the beginning of the 17th century, french peoples didn't appreciate the Italian style of music.
The French music is based on the danse. A French baroque piece has got the name of a dance. For example: Passacaille, Gavotte, Menuet, Chaconne... It's the case of the instrumental pieces.
It's important because the name of the dance inform the musician about the way of playing the piece.
The King Louis XIV changed Versailles and took the royal court in the new castle.
Robert Cambert was one of first musicians to compose a French Opéra. He composed Pomone in 1671.
Jean-Babptiste Lully arrived from Italy and charmed the King, he became the most important musician of the court.
Louis XIV himself loved dance and music, and he could dancing very well.
First, with the playwright Molière, he composed Comédies-ballets. A Comédie-ballet is a mixed of Opéra and ballet dancing.
Then, With the librettist Philippe Quinault, Lully invented the Tragédie Lyrique (Lyric Tragedy), like Thésée, Atys, Armide... It was a great succes.
A Tragédie Lyrique is a French Opréra about mythologic and tragic subjects. It's influenced by the Greek tragedies.
Concerning the French religious music during the 17th century, the most important genre was the motet and particulary the Grand Motet, which appeared in 1664 with the Miserere Mei Deus by Lully. We can name Henry Du Mont, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Michel-Richard Delalande...
The composers of Airs de cour were Etienne Moulinié, Pierre Guédron, Antoine Boësset...
An Air de Cour is a little vocal song accompaned on luth.
In the beginning of the 17th century, french peoples didn't appreciate the Italian style of music.
The French music is based on the danse. A French baroque piece has got the name of a dance. For example: Passacaille, Gavotte, Menuet, Chaconne... It's the case of the instrumental pieces.
It's important because the name of the dance inform the musician about the way of playing the piece.
The King Louis XIV changed Versailles and took the royal court in the new castle.
Robert Cambert was one of first musicians to compose a French Opéra. He composed Pomone in 1671.
Jean-Babptiste Lully arrived from Italy and charmed the King, he became the most important musician of the court.
Louis XIV himself loved dance and music, and he could dancing very well.
First, with the playwright Molière, he composed Comédies-ballets. A Comédie-ballet is a mixed of Opéra and ballet dancing.
Then, With the librettist Philippe Quinault, Lully invented the Tragédie Lyrique (Lyric Tragedy), like Thésée, Atys, Armide... It was a great succes.
A Tragédie Lyrique is a French Opréra about mythologic and tragic subjects. It's influenced by the Greek tragedies.
Concerning the French religious music during the 17th century, the most important genre was the motet and particulary the Grand Motet, which appeared in 1664 with the Miserere Mei Deus by Lully. We can name Henry Du Mont, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Michel-Richard Delalande...
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In France, the baroque music began with the Air de cour during the reign of Louix XIII.
"Began" sounds better than "Started" here. Although they are generally interchangeable, you will eventually learn to tell where each one is preferable.
The king greatly enjoyed the arts. During this period, Versailles was a little castle with a huge hunt-ground.
The King went here with musicians and artists for entertainment.
"to amuse himself" is okay, but "for entertainment" sounds better here.
There were no women there.
There was no woman. (singular)
There were no women. (plural)
Among those who first composed this type of music were Etienne Moulinié, Pierre Guédron, Antoine Boësset...
This is complicated. Basically, do not pluralize foreign multi-word noun phrases like "Air de cour." Rephrase the sentence to avoid having to do that. It sounds wrong.
An Air de Cour is a little vocal song accompanied by lute.
At the beginning of the 17th century, most French people had no appreciation for the Italian style of music.
French music is based on the danse.
French baroque pieces are named after different types of dance.
It's important because the name of the dance informs the musician how to play the piece.
King Louis XIV changed Versailles and brought the royal court to the new castle.
Robert Cambert was one of first French musicians to compose an opéra.
When Jean-Baptiste Lully arrived from Italy and charmed the king, he became the court's most important musician.
Remember we have that «'s». Use it! No "de" here.
Louis XIV himself loved dance and music, and could dance very well.
First, working with the playwright Molière, he composed Comédies-ballets.
A Comédie-ballet is a mixture of opéra and ballet.
Then, with the librettist Philippe Quinault, Lully invented the Tragédie Lyrique (Lyric Tragedy). Some examples include the operas Thésée, Atys, Armide...
It was a great success.
A Tragédie Lyrique is a type of tragic French opéra about mythology.
Sure! I think what i want to write in French.
The king greatly enjoyed the arts. During this period, Versailles was nothing but a little castle with a huge hunt-ground.
The king went there with musicians and artists for entertainment.