Cesare Pugni, Marius Petipa and 19th-Century Ballet Music

Edgecomb discusses the 19th century ballet as choreographed by Marius Petipa. Among other things, while one never encounters composer Cesare Pugni, Ludwig Minkius, and Riccardo Drigo in the concert hall, one still hears them in theaters that mount the work of Petipa and where, as vectors of his grea...

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Published in:	Musical times (London, England : 1957) England : 1957), 2006-07, Vol.147 (1895), p.39-48
Main Author:	Edgecombe, Rodney Stenning
Format:	Magazinearticle
Language:	eng
Subjects:	19th century Ballet Ballet music Cadences Composers Dancers & choreographers Drigo, Riccardo Melody Mimetic dance Minkus, Ludwig Music Musical phrases Musical rhythm Narratives Petipa, Marius Pugni, Cesare
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Summary:	Edgecomb discusses the 19th century ballet as choreographed by Marius Petipa. Among other things, while one never encounters composer Cesare Pugni, Ludwig Minkius, and Riccardo Drigo in the concert hall, one still hears them in theaters that mount the work of Petipa and where, as vectors of his greatness, they take on a certain interest by contagion, for balletomanes differ in their reception of ballet music from concert-goers. Having seen noble sentences of dance appliqued to this ordinary music, they know that even in spite of its ordinariness, it can trigger the imaginative recovery of those movements--or, if the ballet has long since vanished from the repertoire, generate attractive ideas as to what might have been.
ISSN:	0027-4666 2397-5318