Description |
xvii, 314 p. : ill., music ; 24 cm. |
Subject |
Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Ballets.
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Ballets -- History and criticism.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-300) and index. |
Contents |
Cultural and critical backdrop -- Childhood fantasy and exoticism : Ma Mère l'Oye and L'Enfant -- Greekness and myth in Daphnis et Chloé -- Essays on the waltz I : Adélaïde ou le langage des fleurs (Valses nobles) -- Essays on the waltz II : La Valse and epilogue -- Neoclassical divertissements : Le Tombeau de Couperin and 'fanfare' from L'Eventail de Jeanne -- Spain, machines and sexuality : Boléro -- 'Danse générale' : Ravel's oeuvre as ballet. |
LC # |
ML410.R23 M39 2006 |
ISBN |
0754630293 (alk. paper) |
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