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Jean-Baptiste LULLY Marche pour la Cérémonie des Turcs, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme - Arranged for Clarinet Bb (chalumeau) and keyboard by Frédéric Cellier © STRADIVARIUS Editions.

Frédéric Cellier, Selmer "Présence" Bb clarinet + Harpsichord Backing Track

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The March for the Turkish Ceremony is an instrumental piece composed by Jean-Baptiste Lully for the comedy-ballet Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, premiered in 1670 with a libretto by Molière. This work appears in the final act of the play, during the famous ‘Turkish ceremony’, a scene that is both spectacular and satirical, intended to ridicule the character of Monsieur Jourdain.

The music accompanies a parody of an imaginary oriental ritual, designed to flatter the 17th-century audience's taste for exoticism while emphasising the grotesque nature of the situation. Lully uses a solemn march style, based on a regular, assertive rhythm, evoking both ceremonial grandeur and a certain deliberate heaviness, which reinforces the comic effect of the scene.

The original orchestration, typical of the French Baroque style, highlights the wind instruments and percussion, helping to create an atmosphere that is both festive and theatrical. The repetition of musical motifs, the melodic simplicity and the very marked rhythm give the march an almost mechanical character, accentuating the caricatural dimension of this fake ceremony.

In this work, Lully demonstrates his dramatic genius: the music does not merely accompany the action, it becomes an essential element, participating fully in the satire imagined by Molière. The March for the Turkish Ceremony thus perfectly illustrates the art of comedy-ballet, where music, theatre and dance come together to serve both spectacle and laughter.

Frédéric Cellier

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