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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Ballet

(pronounce bal-lay). A theatrical representation of some adventure or intrigue by pantomime and dancing. Baltazarini, director of music to Catherine de' Medici, was the inventor of modern ballets.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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