Swan Lake, Ballet in Four Acts, Op. 20: Study Score - Softcover

Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1932419616 ISBN 13: 9781932419610

Publisher: Serenissima Music Inc, 2008

Synopsis

Newly edited and engraved study score for the original 1877 version of Tchaikovsky's first ballet masterpiece. Includes Preface, Synopsis, and Cast of Characters. This is the complete orchestral score, not a piano reduction, based upon the composer's autograph, the first edition issued by P. Jurgenson, and the score from Tchaikovsky's complete works. Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky's first venture into ballet, was only moderately successful in its first production at Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre. Choreographer Julius Reissinger's dances were not well received, and those of his successor Joseph Peter Hansen fared no better. The ballet was propelled into the permanent repertoire only after a brilliant revival mounted by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov in St. Petersburg more than a year after Tchaikovsky's death from cholera. A new, reasonably priced study score that will be invaluable to students, conductors, music lovers and ballet aficionados everywhere.

Originally issued in 2008 by the now-defunct American publisher E.F. Kalmus, the only authorized publisher of the Simpson edition is now Serenissima Music, who also offers the large conductor score (10 x 13 inches, 2 volumes) and orchestra parts (9.5 x 12.5 inches).

Edition details

• Publisher: Serenissima Music Inc
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1932419616
• ISBN 13: 9781932419610
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 588
• Editor: Carl Simpson