Théophile Gautier (1811 – 1872), Adolphe Adam (1803 – 1856), Joseph Bologne de Saint-Georges (1745 – 1799), Jean Coralli (1779 – 1854), Jules Perrot (1810 – 1892)
Giselle ou Les Wilis
orchestra
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Details
- For
- orchestra
- Product Type
- Score (hardcover), musicological analysis (USB card)
- Author / Composer
- Théophile Gautier, Adolphe Adam, Joseph Bologne de Saint-Georges, Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot
- Editor
- Marian Smith, Doug Fullington
- Product number
- 2287877
- Extent
- 749 Pages
Description
Giselle ou Les Wilis” – now known as “Giselle” – was first performed at the Paris Opéra on 28 June 1841 to a rapturous reception, and it remains today a popular fixture in the international ballet repertory. Yet the idiosyncratic way its score has been handed down to us in the twenty-first century has caused many of its striking and meaningful elements to be obscured.
Some versions of “Giselle” were, for practical reasons, orchestrated from piano reductions. Others drew more closely from the ...