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debutante, a young woman who is making a formal entrance into society. So-called debutante balls, dating back to at least the 18th century, were originally intended as an avenue through which to present young women eligible for marriage to prospective high-society partners. Modern balls, however, have less focus on matrimony.
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Jun 28, 2024 · The song “The Debutante’s Ball” by Liza Minnelli is a delightful portrayal of a grand event that has been an important part of high society culture for many years. With its whimsical melody and clever lyrics, it captures the essence of a debutante ball and explores the social dynamics and expectations surrounding such events.
The final years of the Revolution witnessed a depoliticization of songs and hymns that paralleled the declining political activism of most French men and women. At the upper reaches of society, educated poets and composers produced pastoral, romantic, or comic songs purged of any trace of political opinion. Working people gathered in bars and ...
The debutante Ball is a worldly event that has its roots in the Ancien Régime of the eighteenth century, when the heirs of the most prominent aristocretic families performed in public, because they had reached marriageble age, and therefore officially made their entrance in the beautiful world of the aristocracy.
Debutantes at the Chrysanthemum Ball in Munich (2012) A debutante, also spelled débutante (/ ˈ d ɛ b j ʊ t ɑː n t / DEB-yuu-tahnt; from French: débutante, ' female beginner '), or deb is a young woman of aristocratic or upper-class family background who has reached maturity and is presented to society at a formal "debut" (UK: / ˈ d eɪ b juː, ˈ d ɛ b juː / DAY-bew, DEB-yoo, US: / d ...
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Debutante Balls: A Modern Take. The Debutante Ball, emanating from the French word ‘debutante’ meaning ‘female beginner’, marks a young lady’s entry into society. Characterized by a high degree of formality, these balls became a modern transformation of cotillion dances in the 19th century.
