 Minor ballet composers: biographical sketches.
Author: Schueneman, Bruce & William E Studwell Published: 1997 Brief biographies of sixty-six 'underappreciated yet significant contributors to the body of western ballet music', together with short descriptions of the plots of their ballets, and a glossary of some of the choreographers who used their music. The composers are mostly selected from those working in the 20th century, and include Arnell, Asafiev, Auric, Berners, Constant, Damase, d'Erlanger, Egk, Feldman, Gade, Gordon, Henze, Lambert, Lumbye, Minkus, Oldham, Riisager, Stolze, Tailleferre, Toye, etc. |
