Ballet music : an introduction /

Ballet music : an introduction /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Searle, Humphrey.
Edition:	2d rev. ed.
Imprint:	New York : Dover Publications, ©1973.
Description:	xii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language:	English
Series:	Dover books on music, music history Dover books on music, music history.
Subject:	Ballet. Music and dance. Ballets -- Discography. Music and dance. Ballet. Ballets. Discographies. Discographies.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3840606

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ISBN:	0486229173 9780486229171
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-233; discography: p. 234-245). Reprint. Originally published: London : Cassell, 1958.
Other form:	Online version: Searle, Humphrey. Ballet music. 2d rev. ed. New York, Dover Publications [©1973]

Table of Contents:

The earlier history of ballet music
Ballet music in opera during the nineteenth century
The grand romantic ballets
The impact of Diaghilev, 1909-1929
Ballet music, 1930-1957
Modern developments, 1958-1972
Postscript : what is ballet music?
Details of some first performances.