Minor Ballet Composers : Biographical Sketches of Sixty-Six Underappreciated Yet Significant Contributors to the Body of West

Name: Minor Ballet Composers
Brand: Taylor & Francis Inc
SKU: 9780789003232
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ISBN: 9780789003232

by Bruce R Schueneman , William E Studwell

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Format Hardback

ISBN-10 0789003236

ISBN-13 9780789003232

Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc

Imprint Routledge

Country of Manufacture US

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jul 14th, 1997

Print length 142 Pages

Weight 420 grams

Product Classification: The Arts Library & information sciences Library and information sciences / Museology

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While most music lovers are familiar with the famous scores of Tchaikovsky, Delibes, and Stravinsky, many other lesser-known composers also wrote for the ballet. Several of these composers wrote almost exclusively for the ballet--and all enriched the world of dance. Minor Ballet Composers presents biographical sketches of 66 underappreciated ballet composers of the 19th and 20th centuries from around the world, along with selected stories from the ballets they helped create.

While the composers’contributions to ballet music are emphasized, all aspects of their lives and works are touched upon. Plot summaries and excerpts from reviews of many of the ballets are also provided. Other topics of interest you’ll find covered in Minor Ballet Composers include:

Les Six: Darius Milhaud, Louis Durey, Georges Auric, Arthur Honegger, Francis Poulenc, and Germaine Tailleferre--and their relationship with Erik Satie and Jean Cocteau
how politics, revolutions, and wars have affected composers and their works
who studied with whom; who collaborated with whom
schools, movements, and musical renaissance
the importance of opera to ballet music
the relationship between film scores and ballet music
which books, plays, stories, and folk tales certain ballets are based upon
where many of these ballets premiered

Minor Ballet Composers emphasizes the importance of second-tier composers and their influence on the rich tradition of music written for the dance (though in some cases the music was appropriated for the ballet from other original designs). The gathering of these composers in a single volume in appreciation of their ballet music, with a glossary of choreographers and an index of ballet titles, makes this book a useful volume for ballet aficionados, music librarians, musicians, and others interested in dance and dance music.

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