French romantic ballets : Jean-Madeleine Schneitzhoeffer, La sylphide, Adolphe-Charles Adam, Giselle and Le Corsaire /
This collection presents music from three of the most important scores of the Golden Age of ballet in Paris from 1830-1870. The Romantic ballet had been inaugurated by Meyerbeer's opera Robert le Diable (21 November 1831) with its ghostly Ballet of the Nuns, risen from their graves and dancing...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Pub.,
2012.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This collection presents music from three of the most important scores of the Golden Age of ballet in Paris from 1830-1870. The Romantic ballet had been inaugurated by Meyerbeer's opera Robert le Diable (21 November 1831) with its ghostly Ballet of the Nuns, risen from their graves and dancing in the moonlight, led by their spectral Abbess; a role created by Marie Taglioni (1804-1884) to her father's choreography. La Sylphide (1832), inspired by this situation, was the first fully fledged Rom ... |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxvi, 248 pages) : facsimiles, music, portraits |
ISBN: | 9781443838399 144383839X |