Stephen D Press

Prokofiev's Ballets for Diaghilev

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Produktbeschreibung

Ballet impresario Sergey Pavlovich Diaghilev and composer Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev are eminent figures in twentieth-century cultural history, yet this is the first detailed account of their fifteen-year collaboration. Stephen D. Press discusses the genesis of each ballet, including the important contributions of the scenic designers (Mikhail Larionov, Georgy Yakulov and Georges Rouault) and the choreographer/dancers (Léonid Massine, Serge Lifar and George Balanchine), and the special relationship between the ballets' progenitors.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9781138253315
• ISBN-10: 1138253316
• Artikelnr.: 50450047

Autorenporträt

Stephen D. Press received a PhD in Musicology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1998. He is currently Assistant Professor of Music History at Illinois Wesleyan University.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface
Introduction
Prokofiev and Diaghilev: the collaboration
The path to success: gauging originality versus influence in Ala i Lolli and Chout
The two versions of Chout and the Suite
Topical appropriations and a 'new simplicity' in Le Pas d'acier
L'Enfant prodigue and the end of a fruitful collaboration
Select bibliography
Index.