MinkusPugni Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Lately I have been trying to obtain the piano scores of a few ballets and I can't seem to find them anywhere. I have looked over the internet and have been to a few stores like Allans in search but they seem to be out of print or non-existant. Could anyone tell me if the following ballets in piano / full score are available for purchase to the public? 1. La Bayadere (Minkus) 2. Paquita (Minkus, et al.) 3. Coppelia (Delibes) 4. La Sylphide (Lovenksjold) 5. Le Conservatoire (Paulli) 6. Graduation Ball (Strauss) 7. Sylvia (Delibes) 8. La Source (Delbies, Minkus) Link to comment
PerA Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 I can at least share some information re the two Bournonville ballets. Like most of the Danish ballet (and other dance-related) musical heritage, it is only a very small percentage that has appeared in print for orchestra (scores and/or parts) – and many of the published piano-editions have been out-of-print for decades. However, the good news is that the Danish Royal (national) Library has made PDF-type scans of some of the published piano-editions from their Bournonville-collection available for non-commercial use at their web-site - http://www.kb.dk/index-en.htm An extensive piano-edition for La Sylphide can thus be found at http://img.kb.dk/ma/bournon/df145-01.pdf For Le Conservatoire however, only a selection for piano is available, although it includes much of the original music – at http://img.kb.dk/ma/bournon/df187-01.pdf /Per Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 It must be remembered that "Graduation Ball" was selected and arranged from various works by Johann Strauss, Jr. by Antal Dorati. Dorati died in 1988, so his works are almost certainly still under copyright protection. There was a "suite" containing about five numbers from the score published in 1941, but that's the only piano score I know of the ballet per se. Link to comment
Helene Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 PerA, Welcome to Ballet Talk! The piano scores from the Royal Library look like real treasures. Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 Edwin F. Kalmus used to publish the full scores to Coppelia and Sylvia. Useful for piano reduction if you're Nadia Boulanger. Link to comment
rg Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 odd things show up on ebay, where i acquired a piano score for SYLVIA and another (for four hands, i'm told, it's all in russian) of LITTLE HUMPBACKED HORSE. (this last is from mid-19th c. and still has a dedication page in it to muraveyva, the first Tsar Maiden.) i find thise useful, as in the case of SYLVIA for the little stage, mime, etc. indications included. Link to comment
MinkusPugni Posted January 29, 2006 Author Share Posted January 29, 2006 Thanks for all your help, guys! Especially to you, PerA! Link to comment
Dancecreature Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 The Library of Congress has some pieces from the ballet Sylvia in piano reduction. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natl...ner.html?page=1 Link to comment
kellie Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 If you are still looking for piano scores for Bayadere and Paquita, they are available from danceables.com. Link to comment
innopac Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 La Bayadère: Grand Ballet in Four Acts and Seven Scenes -- Piano ScoreLudwig Minkus Editor: Robert LetellierCambridge Scholars Publishing: February 2009ISBN 13: 978-1-4438-0177-5ISBN: 1-4438-0177-1 http://www.c-s-p.org/Flyers/Ludwig-Minkus-La-Bayadere--Grand-Ballet-in-Four-Acts-and-Seven-Scenes-by-Sergei-Khudekov-and-Marius-1-4438-0177-1.htm Link to comment
innopac Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Paquita, Ballet-Pantomime in Two Acts, Grand Pas Classique by Marius Petipa; and Nuit et Jour, Allegorical Ballet in One Act, by Marius Petipa -- Piano Score Ludwig MinkusEditor: Robert LetellierCambridge Scholars Publishing: April 2010ISBN13: 978-1-4438-1940-4ISBN: 1-4438-1940-9 http://www.c-s-p.org/Flyers/Paquita--Ballet-Pantomime-in-Two-Acts--Grand-Pas-Classique-by-Marius-Petipa--and-Nuit-et-Jour--Alleg1-4438-1940-9.htm Link to comment
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