Philippe Rebille Philbert

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Philippe Rebillé dit Philbert (also Philibert , * 1639 ; † 1717 ) was a French flautist .

Life

Philbert is associated with the introduction of the flute with a flap, conically drilled and drilled in the flute ( flûte d'allemagne ) at the French court. He was a member of the ensemble of the Grande Écurie with King Louis XIV and, as a good oboist, also the Hautbois et musettes du Poitou , which he must have reached in 1667 at the latest. Louis XIV liked the new flute so much that he had two new positions set up in this chapel for Philbert and René Pignon, known as Descoteaux . According to a short biography of Philbert, which the Mercure de France printed in 1725, the king greatly appreciated listening to them playing melodic pieces on their flutes and therefore often ordered them to his apartments or the gardens of Versailles .

His place at the Hautbois et musettes du Poitou was originally reserved for the son of the musician Jean Brunet, but Philbert liked him and they became friends. Brunet's wife Catherine Bonnières did the same, but to such an extent that she poisoned her husband in order to be able to marry his colleagues. With the revelations of the so-called “ poison affair ” the crime was exposed and she was executed. Although an escape seemed advisable, Philbert went to Vincennes prison and was able to prove his innocence. Not only did he resume his duties as usual, from then on he had the nimbus of belonging to the kind of man for whom a woman would commit murder.

He was a good singer and had comedic talent, which helped him to perform many appearances in the king's court ballets. In Philidor's Le Mariage de la Grosse Cathos (The Marriage of the Fat Cathos) of 1688, three things came together for him: In the role of husband “La Couture” he was allowed to sing, dance and act. His solo dance was not choreographed by Jean Favier , but was left to Philbert's talent. Especially in the performances of the Bourgeois gentilhomme (The Citizen as Nobleman) of 1691 and 1698 he was able to shine in the role of the Mufti.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ardal Powell: The Flute , Yale University Press, New Haven and London 2002, ISBN 0-300-09341-1 , p. 61
  2. ↑ a b c d e Rebecca Harris-Warrick and Carol G. Marsh: Musical Theater at the Court of Louis XIV. Le Mariage de la Grosse Cathos , Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1994, p. 30 f.
  3. ↑ Bruce Haynes: The Eloquent Oboe. A History of the Hautboy from 1640 to 1760 , Oxford University Press, Oxford et al. 2001, p. 16
  4. ↑ Harris-Warrick and Marsh 1994: p. 56 u. 65
personal data
SURNAME Philbert, Philippe Rebille
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Philibert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French flautist
DATE OF BIRTH 1639
DATE OF DEATH 1717