See also:

• JEAN

JEAN GEORGES See also:

• JEAN GEORGES NOVERRE (1727-1810)

NOVERRE (1727-1810)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French dancer and See also:

• BALLET

ballet See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris on the 29th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1727 . He first performed at See also:

• FONTAINEBLEAU

Fontainebleau in 1943, and in 1747 composed his first ballet for the See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

Opera Comique . In 1748 he was invited by See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry of See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia to See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, but a See also:

• YEAR

year later he returned to Paris, where he mounted the ballets of See also:

• GLUCK

Gluck and Piccini . In 1755 he was invited by See also:

• GARRICK, DAVID (1717-1779)

Garrick to See also:

• LONDON

London, where he remained two years . Between 1758 and 176o he produced several ballets at See also:

• LYONS
• LYONS (Fr. Lyon)
• LYONS, COUNCILS OF
• LYONS, EDMUND LYONS, BARON (1790-1858)
• LYONS, RICHARD BICKERTON PEMELL LYONS, 1ST EARL (1817–1887)

Lyons, and published his Lellres See also:

• SUS

sus la danse et See also:

• LES

les ballets . From this See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period may be dated the revolution in the See also:

• ART

art of the ballet for which See also:

• NOVERRE, JEAN GEORGES (1727-1810)

Noverre was responsible . (See See also:

• PANTOMIME

PANTOMIME and BALLET.) He was next engaged by the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of Wurttemburg, and afterwards by the empress Maria See also:

• THERESA, ST (1515-1582)

Theresa, until, in 1775. he was appointed, at the See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request of See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• MARIE

Marie Antoinette, See also:

• MANSE (Med. Lat. manse, manses or mansum, from manere, to dwell, remain)

manse See also:

• DES

des ballets of the Paris Opera . This See also:

• POST

post he retained until the Revolution reduced him to poverty . He died at St Germain on the 19th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1810 . Noverre's See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends included See also:

• VOLTAIRE, FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE (1694–1778)

Voltaire, See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick the See also:

• GREAT

Great and See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David Garrick (who called him " the See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare of the See also:

• DANCE
• DANCE (Fr. danse; of obscure origin, connected with Old High Ger. danson, to stretch)

dance ") . The ballets of which he was most proud were his La Toilette de See also:

• VENUS

Venus, Les Jalousies du serail, L'Antour corsaire and Le Jaloux sans See also:

• RIVAL

rival . Besides the letters, Noverre wrote Observations sur la construction dune nouvelle salle de l'Opera 0780; Lettres sur Garrick ecrites a Voltaire (1801); and Lettre a un artiste sur les fetes publiques (18oi) .