Le Bourgeois gentilhomme Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs

Piece from the movie: Le Roi Danse (The King is Dancing)

Some Info:
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)
Italian-born composer (French nationality from 1681). Entered service of Louis XIV 1653, composed instrumental music for the court ballets. From 1664 collaborated with Molière in series of comedy-ballets which were forerunners of French opera, the last and most famous being Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, in which Lully danced role of the Mufti.

Having assimilated both Italian and French styles and tastes, from 1673 he turned to opera composition and obtained from the King exclusive rights to arrange operatic performances in Paris.

His death was caused by a gangrenous abscess which formed in his foot after he struck it with the long staff he used for beating time on the floor while conducting a Te Deum to celebrate Louis XIV's recovery from illness.

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[jo23verses]

LOUIS XIV est trop Ganstaaaaaaa!

[vultop]

Ils ont dut bien s'amuser a tourner cette scène qui est très gaie tcheky karyo (Molière) il n'en peu plus de rire . Mais il est vraie que historiquement LOUIS XIV adorait Molière qu'il était un de ses protégé

[LegacyKillah]

@FoersterX the scene is making fun of the naivety of a middle class man who dreams to become an aristocrat. He refuses his daughter to marry a commoner, who disguises himself as the son of the Turkish Sultan, in order to get his approval. He organizes a 'turkish ceremony' to knight the merchant, who is getting overexcited about it. That s 17th century humour poorly rendered by this crappy movie. At that tine, aristocrats loved to joke about pretentious new rich merchants.

[PontiusPontianus]

Je pense qu'ils continuent à rire parceque dans la commedie de Molière..le bourgeois dans cette scene pensait que elle était une cérémoine pour lui donner un titre nobiliaire ...et il ne savait pas que la céremoine était une farce

[sisis10000]

Lol

[compay2407]

Luis XIV "El Rey Sol", un personaje histórico digno de admiración y de inspiración

[strattororro]

la marcha de lully aparece también en "todas las mañanas del mundo", solo que supuestamente dirigida por marin marais.

[FoersterX]

can somebody please explain why they laugh? I don't get it. ;)

[Panzergredi]

Those were the days, where humor was something special on stage. Great performing and great movie!

[rokko6fred]

ca me fait encore rire...une autre fiois peut etre :-)

[zeljko721]

in this video is shown how we need to laugh i myself sometimes do like this

[am1966ath]

@CminorMaxG the people of the 17th century were more infantil than today,yes and they were much less used to sensations as we are accustomed to everything today.