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Les Sylphides /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849 (Composer)
Corporate Author: American Ballet Theatre (commissioning body.)
Other Authors: Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 (arranger of music.), Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942 (Choreographer, Librettist)
Format: Musical Score Book
Language:No linguistic content
Published: New York : Ballet Music, [195-?]
Subjects:
Ballets > Scores.
Orchestral music, Arranged > Scores.
Description
Item Description:Music by Frédéric Chopin arranged for orchestra; originally written for piano.
Title from cover.
Reproduced from arranger's holograph.
The orchestration by Benjamin Britten was commissioned for the American Ballet Theatre in 1941, but was thought to be lost until 2013. Cf. Cooper, Michael. Mystery of the Missing Music: Benjamin Britten's lost score for "Les Sylphides", in the New York Times, August 27, 2013.
The Cushing Library/Rare Books Collection copy has "Conductor" handwritten on cover, and numerous conductor's markings in pencil throughout the score.
Physical Description:1 score (1 leaf numbered "0", 94 pages) ; 36 cm