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The Dream, Ashton and Lanchberry?


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I apologize, I ought to do my own research on this, but if someone can save me time by pointing me to the right sources, it's appreciated!

Do any of the Ashtonophiles out there know where the creation of the score for The Dream is discussed? I'm interested in knowing how Ashton/Lanchberry made selections and ordered what they did. Any comments in general on how Ashton would assemble music to suit his purposes?

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Good point. The ones I looked at were all 1st edition -- BUT that's 1977, so it covers through "Month in the Country" (1976) and covers the major ballets.

Editing to add, I checked Amazon and there are used copies available (new, and some used, are in the $50 range). The used copies don't say which edition they are; they're cheap, and I suspect they're not the newer one.

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I'd be interested to know what you find out, Leigh, as I have wondered about this cobbled together score, especially the liberal & uncredited "borrowing" from Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia: like the first 10+ minutes & the tempesta & Berta's aria. And who composed the Clog Dance.

Guess I'll have to buy the book.

P.S. Isn't alibris wonderful!

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I think that's "La Fille Mal Gardee," not the Dream. It uses a 19th century score. Then it was common to incorporate arias, popular songs, etc -- they wouldn't be considered stealing, because everyone would know them, and they were used to cue the action. If the lover was unconstant, a bit of Don Giovanni might find its way in, etc.

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The use of music from Barbiere has a purpose. Both the opera and Fille have an identical subtitle, "Useless Precautions". There is also a great hunk of Donizetti, mostly from L'Elisir d'Amore. The root source of a lot of the numbers in Fille came from a single book of first violin music containing all the 6/8 material that Hérold incorporated in his score for the ballet. Some of the music goes back to the original 1789 production, including the 6/8 final dance with singing included.

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to recap:

david v's book was published first by knopf, then, updated by dancebooks. so that should alert one about getting the 'incomplete' volume, c. 1977 or the dancebooks printing w/ the updates that include everything made by ashton between '77 and his death.

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