The Case of the Light Fantastic Toe, Vol. I: The Romantic Ballet and Signor Maestro Cesare Pugni, as well as their survival by means of Tsarist Russia: 1 - Softcover

Sidney-Fryer, Donald

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798690010546

Publisher: Independently published, 2021

Synopsis

Recounts the life and career of the Italian composer Cesare Pugni (1802-1870), who worked in Milan, Paris, and London prior to going to St. Petersburg. During the 1840s, 1850s and 1860s he produced the music for most of the new ballets at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London and at the Bolshoi Theatre. He worked with the greatest ballet-masters of the 19th c., including Jules Perrot, Paul Taglioni, Arthur Saint-Léon, and Marius Petipa. He composed over 300 ballets, including Ondine (1843), La Esmeralda (1844) and The Pharaoh's Daughter (1862).

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798690010546
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 509
• Editor: Gullette Alan