Ludwig Minkus and Léo Delibes : La source : fantastic ballet in three acts and four scenes /
This volume reproduces the piano score of the ballet La Source, a joint composition by Ludwig Minkus and Léo Delibes. After the success of Néméa (1864), the Paris Opéra ordered a new grand ballet from the famous choreographer Arthur Saint-Léon to a libretto based on a Persian legend by Charles...
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| Summary: | This volume reproduces the piano score of the ballet La Source, a joint composition by Ludwig Minkus and Léo Delibes. After the success of Néméa (1864), the Paris Opéra ordered a new grand ballet from the famous choreographer Arthur Saint-Léon to a libretto based on a Persian legend by Charles Nuitter. Saint-Léon involved his musical collaborator in St Petersburg, Ludwig Minkus, in the project, securing for him a hand in the composition of the first and fourth scenes of the of this new work .. This volume reproduces the piano score of the ballet La Source, a joint composition by Ludwig Minkus and Léo Delibes. After the success of Néméa (1864), the Paris Opéra ordered a new grand ballet from the famous choreographer Arthur Saint-Léon to a libretto based on a Persian legend by Charles Nuitter. Saint-Léon involved his musical collaborator in St Petersburg, Ludwig Minkus, in the project, securing for him a hand in the composition of the first and fourth scenes of the of this new work .. |
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| Item Description: | At head of title: Ludwig Minkus and Léo Delibes At head of title: Ludwig Minkus and Léo Delibes Historical introduction and synopsis preceding music Piano score |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 158 p.) : ill., music, ports 1 online resource (xvi, 158 pages) : illustrations, music, portraits |
| ISBN: | 1282968815 1443820385 6612968818 9781282968813 9781443820387 9786612968815 |