Ballets Danced in Munster: FrançOis Ogier, Dramatist
2002; Edinburgh University Press; Volume: 20; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.3366/1290814
ISSN1750-0095
AutoresJürgen Grimm, Margaret Μ. McGowan,
Tópico(s)European Political History Analysis
ResumoThe town of Munster, well known for the quantity of its churches and historical monuments, ‘one of the most beautiful among all the beautiful cities in Germany’, in 1998 celebrated the 300th anniversary of the Peace of Westphalia. It was an occasion worthy of commemoration, and it was celebrated through many events, both large and small – historical, diplomatic, military and cultural. Among these were two exhibitions. The first, 1648: War & Peace in Europe, was organised by the Council of Europe. Three hundred years to the day and in the presence of twenty monarchs, state presidents and other dignatories, the signing of the Treaty of Westphalia in Munster and Osnabruck was celebrated. Some months earlier, the city museum had also commemorated the day on which a peace treaty had been signed between Spain and the Low Countries. Entitled The Thirty Years War: Munster & the Peace of Westphalia, it lasted from 30 January to 18 October 1998. Among its 300 exhibits was the programme for the Ballet de la Paix [Ballet of Peace] danced in Munster, on 26 February 1645. The programme contained a second text: Ballet danse a Munster sur la nouvelle de l’heureuse naissance de Monseigneur le Conte de Dunois, au mois de Feburier 1646. In a display cabinet could be seen the last page of the Ballet de la Paix alongside the title page of the ballet dedicated to the Conte de Dunois. No author was given, and a simple note was appended: ‘The two volumes have been bound together and belong to a private collection.’ The catalogue provided a summary of the two ballets, a reproduction of each title page, and two copperplate engravings – le bal from the workshop of Abraham Bosse and a fine portrait of Anne de Bourbon. Two further pages depicted the double portrait of Henri II d’Orleans, duc de Longueville and his duchess, Anne de Bourbon, with details about the lives and their sojourn in Munster. Both ballet programmes were written by Francois Ogier, almoner of Claude de Mesmes, conte d’Avaux, chief French
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