The world of Serge Diaghilev / Charles Spencer, with contributions by Philip Dyer and Martin Battersby.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Harmondsworth, Eng. ; New York : Penguin Books, 1979, ©1974. Description: 175 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0140051554
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 20 792.8092 DIA
Summary: "Serge Diaghilev splashed the world with new colours, lights, forms, sounds. Though he was neither dancer nor composer nor designer nor artist, he revolutionised ballet, music, and art in the early twentieth century. Founder of the Ballet Russes, the first private touring dance company, he brought to Paris and London artistic experiences that created the taste of the time. Behind the footlights at his productions, miracles were performed, dreams took shape, fantasies sprang to life and became realities. He united the talents of dancers like WarslawNijinsky, Anna Pavlova, and Serge Lifar; of composers like Igor Stravinsky, Claude Debussy, and Maurice Ravel; of artists like Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and George Braque - and he won the support of such luminaries as Marcel Proust, Auguste Rodin, Robert de Montesquiou and the Sitwells.With superb illustrations, many in brilliant colour, The World of Serge Diaghilev brings us the fabulous heritage of this protean genius, this adventurer in the arts, this wizard of creation who used to say 'When one wants to, one always can'." -- Book cover
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Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 168-169.

"Serge Diaghilev splashed the world with new colours, lights, forms, sounds. Though he was neither dancer nor composer nor designer nor artist, he revolutionised ballet, music, and art in the early twentieth century. Founder of the Ballet Russes, the first private touring dance company, he brought to Paris and London artistic experiences that created the taste of the time. Behind the footlights at his productions, miracles were performed, dreams took shape, fantasies sprang to life and became realities. He united the talents of dancers like WarslawNijinsky, Anna Pavlova, and Serge Lifar; of composers like Igor Stravinsky, Claude Debussy, and Maurice Ravel; of artists like Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and George Braque - and he won the support of such luminaries as Marcel Proust, Auguste Rodin, Robert de Montesquiou and the Sitwells.With superb illustrations, many in brilliant colour, The World of Serge Diaghilev brings us the fabulous heritage of this protean genius, this adventurer in the arts, this wizard of creation who used to say 'When one wants to, one always can'." -- Book cover

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