Académie Royale de Danse other documents, however, it is clear the number is correctly stated. The identity of the omitted thirteenth member has long been a point of disagreement among dance historians. Gaston Vuillier forwarded Beauchamp as the missing member, while Régine Astier (Kunzel) unabashedly claimed it was Henri Prévost. Both were wrong. The original document signed by King Louis XIV was preserved in the French National Archives, and upon its close inspection in 1997 by scholar Maureen Needham, the thirteenth name was revealed to be “Molière.” Not to be confused with Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Molière (1622-73), the famous playwright of King Louis’ reign responsible
Jean-Baptiste Masse He also composed a "Premier Suite de Menuets nouveaux à 2 violoncelles". The Masse sonatas are some of the first virtuoso pieces written for cello and basso continuo. Jean-Baptiste Masse Jean Baptiste Masse (c. 1700 – c. 1757) was a French composer and violoncello player. He was an "Ordinaire de la Chambre du Roi" and a member of the King's Bande of Twenty-Four Violins and of the orchestra of the "Comédie Française". Little is known of his life other than the publication dates of his first three volumes of sonatas and the appearance of his name on the payroll of