Tchaikovsky's ballets : Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker / Roland John Wiley.
Material type: TextSeries: Clarendon PaperbacksPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1985 [reprinted 2003]Edition: New edDescription: xvi, 429 p. ; [8]p. of plates : ill., music ; 24 cmISBN: 9780198162490 (pbk.) :; 0198162499 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893 | Ballet -- Russia -- 19th centuryDDC classification: 781.556092 Summary: The author combines an analysis of these ballets with a description of their first productions in imperial Russia. Separate sections of the text are devoted to the music of each ballet, and there is a background chapter on the collaboration between composer and ballet master, and Moscow of the 1860s. One appendix discusses the harmony of Tchaikovsky and another gives the choreographic notation for the Snowflakes waltz from the Nutcracker.Item type | Current library | Home library | Shelving location | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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Book | Paul Hamlyn Library | Paul Hamlyn Library | Floor 3 | 780.92 TCH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 05912105 |
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Includes bibliography (p.[414]-418) and index.
The author combines an analysis of these ballets with a description of their first productions in imperial Russia. Separate sections of the text are devoted to the music of each ballet, and there is a background chapter on the collaboration between composer and ballet master, and Moscow of the 1860s. One appendix discusses the harmony of Tchaikovsky and another gives the choreographic notation for the Snowflakes waltz from the Nutcracker.
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