Music at Versailles: entertainment at the court of King Louis XV (1715-1730)

[@breznevolaso4090]

People who'd prefer an 18th century french baroque kind of music, has an exquisite taste not just in music, but also in anything.

[@earlymusicmidi]

Thanks for the comments 😊

[@breznevolaso4090]

@@earlymusicmidi no problem... I just get to know french baroque thru our period style class. It's part of our curriculum as fashion design major.

[@earlymusicmidi]

@@breznevolaso4090 How fun!

[@breznevolaso4090]

@@earlymusicmidi Fun in a way but still classy..

[@officiallymrp]

amen!

[@lizettefife6206]

Thanks for sharing this and the art - it gives me a feel for the time period :)

[@earlymusicmidi]

Thank you. Please consider subscribing if you like this type of music.

[@devisaravanan661]

I just love it. It makes me feel royal 👌👍

[@earlymusicmidi]

Thanks

[@robnewman6101]

God Save The King, Long Live The King of France.

[@mauricepapineau5600]

he's dead

[@lu5681]

il était malade

[@flemmingranch8777]

Flot prangende majestætisk musik for fuld udblæsning , dejligt tempo.....

[@ArcherOO78]

I love the asthetic of this era 1600's and 1700's

[@earlymusicmidi]

Thanks 😊

[@KUDE2013]

Why? It sounds so heavy, austere and pompous.

[@jamescarlton6016]

Me as well. Its wonderful

[@jamescarlton6016]

I love the pomp and grandeur

[@valerietaylor9615]

@KUDE2013 Austere, heavy, and pompous? I would say majestic, elegant, and with a lot of panache. 🍾🥂⚜️

[@rodion-kc9ic7zn4m]

Прелесть! Как можно, не любить такую Божественную музыку?!? Спасибо! Вот, это лучшее лекарство, от всех вирусов!

[@earlymusicmidi]

Спасибо

[@hammad7944]

What language in this?

[@earlymusicmidi]

@@hammad7944 It is Russian. Google translate gives the following: Lovely! How can you not love such Divine music?!? Thanks! Here, this is the best medicine for all viruses!

[@axrdeardido]

Does anyone know what type of piano they used in l'atalante? I love the baroque sound to it.

[@earlymusicmidi]

I believe I used a French harpsichord setting.

[@axrdeardido]

@@earlymusicmidi thank you

[@pyramos5770]

its all with electronic Instruments (MIDI). Its not real.Sorry !

[@MrUnidyne]

"Fanfare-Rondeau" was the basis for, believe it or not, the instrumental Punk Rock track "Masterpiece" by the band Adrenalin O.D.

[@earlymusicmidi]

That’s a fun fact 😊

[@monoecumsemper]

Great video. However, why subtitled King Louis XV (1715-1730) ??????? Louis XV lived 1710-1774 and was King of France from 1715 to 1774. Until His coming of age (majority) in 1723 He was represented by the Duke of Orleans.

[@earlymusicmidi]

Thank you for the correction. 👌

[@francoisleyrat8659]

Probably an old recording (1960's). Baroque music is not interpreted that way today.

[@bewilderedbrit8928]

Opening track is the best.

[@earlymusicmidi]

Thanks 😊

[@RodCornholio]

Very nice.

[@earlymusicmidi]

Thanks 😊

[@bewilderedbrit8928]

Makes me want to pose for a portrait in which i will point at nothing in particular and wear a sash.

[@Suikevrije]

im addict to braoque harpsichord, specially about louis XVI and StJeanne de France for the love of the true only god

[@earlymusicmidi]

😊

[@christineribone9351]

I suppose the common man never heard such music. It was only the elite and wealthy that were graced with this pleasure.

[@earlymusicmidi]

You may be right especially with the softer, less grandiose chamber music. I think, however, the loud band music may have been used for open air processions to glorify the king and queen when they made their rare public appearances. After all, the French government used every opportunity to project the image of divine kings to the general public more than any other European institution of the period.

[@christineribone9351]

@@earlymusicmidi that may be true also. Mozart and Offenbach wrote lighter, popular operettas for the village playhouses. They were watered down versions that the local bands played. The grandiose church's, manors, and palaces were beyond belief to the simple serfs and peasants. They were dominated by Orthodox authority figures, lords, and noblemen. If lowly peasants did hear this type of music it was to enhance the authority, control, and power of deities. It punctuated the divide and commanded reverence, service and obedience.

[@valerietaylor9615]

The middle class ( or at least, the upper middle class) would have owned a harpsichord or other instruments, and been able to play them. There were no public concert halls then, but middle class people could have payed chamber music at home (the royalty and nobility had their own private orchestras.) As for the peasants, they might have owned a hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes, or even a violin, and played music in their spare time, certainly ar weddings or other festivals.

[@christineribone9351]

@@valerietaylor9615 The peasants just whistled! 😙🎶

[@Buba8773]

🥰

[@earlymusicmidi]

Thank you 😊

[@leonardsilvius]

what a pity that the flute in the piece of Boismortier is too high tuned, even more than the bassoon.

[@earlymusicmidi]

Yes. It is very difficult to get precise samplings of instrumental sounds for Midi performance.😕

[@valerietaylor9615]

I love French Baroque music; it has such panache. So much so, that I have to resort to French in order to describe it.

[@earlymusicmidi]

Moi aussi 🎶 Hope you like some of my more recently uploads.

[@chevalier-delorraine-9617]

King Louis XV

[@sauronmordor7494]

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[@earlymusicmidi]

Thanks

[@sauronmordor7494]

@@earlymusicmidi A vous aussi^^

[@chevalier-delorraine-9617]

Viva le France 🇫🇷

[@raulantonionoriegamendivil5773]

Vive la France

[@raulantonionoriegamendivil5773]

C'est ne pas Viva le France. C'est : Vive la France

[@RodCornholio]

As nice as this music is, the court elite were urinating and defecating all over the palace floors during the time period. Thankfully, the odiferous notes don't come through your speakers like the musical notes do.

[@hammad7944]

Slow.