The city of Paris has been an important center for European music since the Middle Ages. It was noted for its choral music in the 12th century, for its role in the development of ballet during the Ren
Orchestra of the Paris Opera, by Edgar Degas (1870)
Lute player from the Ballet de la Nuit (1653)
Poster for the Ballets Russes (1909)
Kyrie from Messe de Nostre Dame composed by Guillaume de Machaut, about 1350