| January |
Robert Cambert prepares "une musique" for St. Louis of Jesuits |
| January 17
|
Octave of canonization of St. François Borgia at
St. Louis of Jesuits. On Jan. 20,
Roquette gives the eulogy for the saint; on Jan. 23,
Monsieur (i.e., the Duke of Orléans,
Mme de Guise's first cousin) attends salut |
| January 28 |
Death of Pierre Séguier, whose funeral pomp is held at St. Louis
on March 16 (Séguier was the protector of Charpentier's cousin, Sevin
(and by extension, of his cousin Gilles Charpentier) |
| February 1 |
Mme de Guise's mother is dying |
| March 1 |
Sacre of President de Bailleul's cousin at the
Jesuit Noviciate. (Bailleul's wife
and grand-daughter signed Elisabeth Charpentier's wedding contract in 1662) |
| March |
Lully is awarded the privilege for an academy of music |
| April 3 |
Marguerite de Lorraine, dowager duchess of Orléans, dies. Mme
de Guise immediately goes to Montmartre |
| April 13 |
Tenebrae services
at Montmartre, where Mlle de Guise
and Mme de Guise are in mourning for Mme d'Orléans. They stay there until Easter at least. |
| April 22 |
Mme de Guise is in Paris working on her mother's estate |
| May 14 |
Madame's funeral
at St-Denis; Roquette participates |
| May 14 |
"Service solemnel" for
Madame
at Montmartre |
| May 21 |
Service for
Madame
at the abbey of Charonne (where
Mme de Guise had been raised) conducted by Malier, bishop of Tarbes
(Mme de Bailleul 's nephew) and "chantée par la musique [du roi]" |
| June |
Several Te Deum are sung to celebrate royal victories |
| June 16 |
Mme de Guise participates in the
Corpus Christi procession at Versailles
and is often at court |
| July 8 |
Comtesse d'Escarbagnas and
Mariage forcé are performed,
with new music by Charpentier. Charpentier soon revises one piece in a joust
with the Italian troop and Beauchamps, who has composed music for their
Collier de Perles |
| July 30 |
Bout de l'An of late
Duke of Guise at Montmartre |
| August 12 |
"Défenses" on Lully's behalf , limiting the number of musicians
in theatrical performances, are decreed |
| August 13 |
Canonization of St. Gaetano of Thiene begins at the
Theatines |
| August 20 |
Confraternity of the "Malades agonisants" is created at the church
of the Mercy, just opposite the Hotel de Guise |
| August 26 |
Mme de Guise and Grande Mademoiselle (her half-sister, and Mlle de Guise's
niece) quit their mourning for Madame d'Orléans |
| August 27 |
Mme de Guise is at court and remains there until the end of the
year |
| September 4 |
Les Fâcheux is performed.
( But: did Charpentier really write music for that performance? Or
did he substitute as conductor? I wonder if the latter is not the case: because
he was given a one-time payment in the amount usually paid to Beauchamps
-- and for the amount Charpentier will soon get after each performance of
the Malade imaginaire.) |
| September 20 |
Lully becomes official owner of all music he had composed for Molière
|
| Fall |
"Déesses" and "heroines" oblige Molière,
who has just "lost M. Lully," to hire Charpentier for his new "pièce
à machines" |
| mid-October |
Mme de Guise has been feverish (she seems to have caught malaria) |
| Fall |
Mlle de Guise sells the hôtel de Guise at Versailles; Mme de
Guise has an apartment built for her at Montmartre |
December 6 |
Feast day of St. François Xavier at
Jesuit Noviciate |
December 23 |
Mme de Guise goes with court to Compiègne, where she remains until
at least Dec. 30 |
