Jacques de Belleville

Jacques de Montmorency, sieur de Belleville (died c. 1640) was a 17th-century French violinist, lutenist, ballet master and composer.

He was one of Louis XIII's dance masters with Nicolas Dugap, Jacques Cordier and Pierre Beauchamp.

On 27 May 1637 he married Antoinette Guibourg, the widow of painter and theater costume designer Daniel Rabel.

Works He is best known for the great ballets of which he wrote the music and organized the choreography to the court of Louis XIII between 1615 and 1632, including: 1615: Ballet des petits Mores 1617: Ballet de la délivrance de Renaud, the sung airs are by Pierre Guédron 1619: Ballet de Tancrède 1620: Ballet de Psyché 1625: Ballet des Fées de la Forêt de Saint-Germain, the sung airs are by Antoine Boësset 1632: Ballet du château de Bicêtre

There are also orchestral suites and arrangements for lute tablature published in the compendium Airs de différents auteurs mis en tablature sur des accords nouveaux, Paris, 1631.