The ballets of Alexander Glazunov : scenes de ballet, Raymonda and Les saisons / edited and introduced by Robert Ignatius Letellier.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Letellier, Robert Ignatius.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ballets--Russia--History and criticism.

Ballets.

Glazunov, Aleksandr Konstantinovich, 1865-1936--Criticism and interpretation.

Glazunov, Aleksandr Konstantinovich.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (339 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov (1865-1936), the Russian composer, is principally associated with his first ballet Raymonda, the apex of his cooperation with the great choreographer Marius Petipa, then in the last years of his illustrious career. Raymonda is still performed in Russia and intermittently in the West. Glazunov, a precocious musical talent from his childhood, was regarded as the inheritor of the Russian nationalist ideals. However, he soon turned to absolute forms of music, ra...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; SCÈNES DE BALLET; RAYMONDA; ACT 1; ACT 2; ACT 3

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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ISBN:

1-4438-4688-0

OCLC:

830167606