Versailles gets musical
From Louis XIV, music is omnipresent in Versailles. The Sun King masters many musical instruments and loves to dance! Jean-Baptiste Lully, superintendent of the royal music, even wrote a ballet for the king: Louis XIV was the sun, around which his ministers were represented by gravitating planets.
Under Louis XV, the court of Versailles welcomes the father of a young Wolfang Amadeus Mozart who wishes to present his son, who was aged 7 by then. Although he was received a bit coldly by the King's mistress, Madame de Pompadour, it is said that Queen Marie Leszczinska and her daughters pampered the young musician throughout his stay.
Nowadays, music is still present in Versailles and all styles are represented: Baroque to travel back in the time of the Sun King, or modern music to seduce the contemporaries!
Under Louis XV, the court of Versailles welcomes the father of a young Wolfang Amadeus Mozart who wishes to present his son, who was aged 7 by then. Although he was received a bit coldly by the King's mistress, Madame de Pompadour, it is said that Queen Marie Leszczinska and her daughters pampered the young musician throughout his stay.
Nowadays, music is still present in Versailles and all styles are represented: Baroque to travel back in the time of the Sun King, or modern music to seduce the contemporaries!
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