17世紀から現代にかけてのバレエ作品を音楽史に基づいて論じた書籍だが、取り上げられたバレエ作品はピアノ・ソロに編曲されている。いわゆるバレエ曲集ではない。 Ballet and Its Music/KnightSchott/London
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Lully: Minuet from "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme" Two French Dancers Handel: Sarabande and Gigue from "Terpsichore" A French Choreographer Mozart: Gavotte and Pantomime from "Les Petits Riens" Ballet in Opera Rossini: Ballet music from "William Tell" The Romantic Ballet Adam: Extract from "Giselle" National Dance Appears in Ballet Delibes: Czardas and Waltz from Coppélia Classical Ballet in Russia Tchaikovsky: Lilac Fairy Variation and Aurora Variation from "The Sleeping Beauty" Russian Dancers Begin to Travel Chopin: Waltz in C shapr minor and Mazurka in C major from "Les Sylphides" A Russian Ballet Stravinsky: "Ronde des Princesses" from "The Firebird" A Russian Discovery Scarlatti: Sonata in D from "The Good-Humoured Ladies" British Ballet Takes Root Gordon: The Sewing Dance from "The Rake's Progress" Creative Talents Emerge in England Lambert: Saraband for the Followers of Virgo from "Horoscope" A New Personality Appears Koechlin: Opening scene from "Shadowplay" An Australian Discovery Bliss: The Street from "Miracle in the Gorbals" Return to Russia Prokofiev: Gavotte from "Cinderella" More Choreographic Talent Verdi: Romantic Pas de Deux from "The Lady and the Fool" ... and Still More Seiber: Hen's Dance from "The Invitation"