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The Ballets of Ludwig Minkus

By Robert Ignatius Letellier

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Year
2008
ISBN
9781443800808, 9781847184238
LCC
ML410.M6797 -- L48 2008eb
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
19 MB (19634468 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
432\432
Time added
2023-08-26 09:18:57
-- 1826-1917. ; Composers -- Russia -- Biography.L.Minkus

Description

The composer Ludwig Minkus represents one of musicOCOs biggest mysteries. Who was he? Hardly anything is known about him, and yet he occupied an influential position in the theatres of the Imperial ballet in late nineteenth-century Russia. He has been recognised as a predecessor of Tchaikovsky, but as a musician is commonly held to have been so feeble as to be beneath contempt. Yet despite the scorn heaped on him, and his consequent obscurity, Minkus is far from being forgotten. Since the earl..."

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