A century of Russian ballet :
A century of Russian ballet : documents and accounts, 1810-1910 /
selected and translated by Roland John Wiley.
- Alton : Dance Books, ©2007.
- x, 444 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Facsimile reprint. first published: Oxford ; Clarendon Press, 1990.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I Charles Didelot in Russia : II Marie and Filippo Taglioni in Russia : III The Life of a Russian Artist : IV Fanny Elssler and Jules Perrot in Russia : V Nadezhda Bogdanova : VI The 1860s : VII The 1870s : VIII The 1880s : IX The 1890s : X The Twentieth Century : 1. Recollections of the Great Choreographer Charles L. Didelot and Some Deliberations Concerning the Art of Dance / Adam Pavlovich Glushkovsky -- 2. Libretto of Raoul de Créqui or The Return from the Crusades / Charles Didelot -- 3. Libretto of The captive of the Caucasus or The Bride's Shade / Charles Didelot -- 4. Libretto of La Fille du Danube / Filippo Taglioni -- 5. Recollections of T.A. Strukolkin, Artist of the Imperial Theatres'-- 6. From the "Recollections of the Artiste A.P. Natarovs" -- 7. Libretto of Esmeralda / Jules Perrot -- 8. The Bogdanov Artistic Family -- 9. Libretto of The Pharaoh's Daughter / Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Marius Petipa -- 10. The First Performance of the Ballet The Pharaoh's Daughter / Sergei Nikolaevich Khudekov -- 11. Libretto of The Little Humpbacked Horse or The Tsar-Maiden / Arthur Saint-Léon -- 12. The Petersburg Ballet during the roduction of The little Humpbacked Horse (Recollections) / Sergei Nikolaevich Khudekov -- 13. From the Memoirs of a Ballerina of the St. Petersburg Bolshoy Theatre 1867-1884 / Ekaterina Ottovna Vazem -- 14. Libretto of La Bayadere / Marius Petipa and Sergi Nikolaevich Khudekov -- 15. From In the Theatre World / Konstantin Apollonovich Skalkovsky -- 16. Libretto of The Vestal / Sergei Nikolaevich Khudekov -- 17. Marius Ivanovich Petipa / Mikhail Mikhailovich Ivanov -- 18. Libretto of The Sleeping Beauty / Ivan Alexandrovich Vsevolozhsky -- 19. Skalkovsky's Review of The Sleeping Beauty -- 20. A Musical Letter from Petersburg, Apropos The Sleeping Beauty, the ballet of M. Petipa, with music by P. Tchaikovsky / German Avgustovich Laroche -- 21. The Sleeping Beauty from My Reminiscences / Alexandre Nikolaevich Benois -- 22. Libretto of Raymonda / Lydia Alexandrovna Pashkova -- 23. Libretto of The Magic Mirror / Marius Petipa -- 24. Letter to the Editor / Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev -- 25. Libretto of Le Pavillon d'Armide / Alexandre Benois
Translated from the Russian.
9781852731205
Ballet--History--Russia--19th century
792.80947 / WIL
Facsimile reprint. first published: Oxford ; Clarendon Press, 1990.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I Charles Didelot in Russia : II Marie and Filippo Taglioni in Russia : III The Life of a Russian Artist : IV Fanny Elssler and Jules Perrot in Russia : V Nadezhda Bogdanova : VI The 1860s : VII The 1870s : VIII The 1880s : IX The 1890s : X The Twentieth Century : 1. Recollections of the Great Choreographer Charles L. Didelot and Some Deliberations Concerning the Art of Dance / Adam Pavlovich Glushkovsky -- 2. Libretto of Raoul de Créqui or The Return from the Crusades / Charles Didelot -- 3. Libretto of The captive of the Caucasus or The Bride's Shade / Charles Didelot -- 4. Libretto of La Fille du Danube / Filippo Taglioni -- 5. Recollections of T.A. Strukolkin, Artist of the Imperial Theatres'-- 6. From the "Recollections of the Artiste A.P. Natarovs" -- 7. Libretto of Esmeralda / Jules Perrot -- 8. The Bogdanov Artistic Family -- 9. Libretto of The Pharaoh's Daughter / Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Marius Petipa -- 10. The First Performance of the Ballet The Pharaoh's Daughter / Sergei Nikolaevich Khudekov -- 11. Libretto of The Little Humpbacked Horse or The Tsar-Maiden / Arthur Saint-Léon -- 12. The Petersburg Ballet during the roduction of The little Humpbacked Horse (Recollections) / Sergei Nikolaevich Khudekov -- 13. From the Memoirs of a Ballerina of the St. Petersburg Bolshoy Theatre 1867-1884 / Ekaterina Ottovna Vazem -- 14. Libretto of La Bayadere / Marius Petipa and Sergi Nikolaevich Khudekov -- 15. From In the Theatre World / Konstantin Apollonovich Skalkovsky -- 16. Libretto of The Vestal / Sergei Nikolaevich Khudekov -- 17. Marius Ivanovich Petipa / Mikhail Mikhailovich Ivanov -- 18. Libretto of The Sleeping Beauty / Ivan Alexandrovich Vsevolozhsky -- 19. Skalkovsky's Review of The Sleeping Beauty -- 20. A Musical Letter from Petersburg, Apropos The Sleeping Beauty, the ballet of M. Petipa, with music by P. Tchaikovsky / German Avgustovich Laroche -- 21. The Sleeping Beauty from My Reminiscences / Alexandre Nikolaevich Benois -- 22. Libretto of Raymonda / Lydia Alexandrovna Pashkova -- 23. Libretto of The Magic Mirror / Marius Petipa -- 24. Letter to the Editor / Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev -- 25. Libretto of Le Pavillon d'Armide / Alexandre Benois
Translated from the Russian.
9781852731205
Ballet--History--Russia--19th century
792.80947 / WIL