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| Id |
18359 |
| Category |
antiquarian book |
| Author / Composer |
NOVERRE, Jean Georges (1727-1810) |
| Title |
Lettres sur la Danse, et sur les Ballets, par M. Noverre, Maître des Ballets de Son Altesse Sérénissime Monseigneur le Duc de Würtemberg, & ci-devant des Théâtres de Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Londres, &c. |
| Place |
A Vienne |
| Publisher |
Chez Jean-Thomas de Trattnern |
| Publication Date |
1767 |
| ISBN / Plate No. |
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| Series |
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| Size |
Small 8vo. [iv (title, introduction)], 444pp. |
| Description |
Contemporary calf (a little scuffed), gilt, silk ribbon. Internally a very nice copy. Viennese edition with different setting from the French edition. One of the most influential works on the production of ballets and dance in which, in a collection of letters, Noverre focuses his attention on the production of theatrical dance. He calls for a ban on "repressive traditions like irrelevant and stereotyped, cumbersome costumes ... and to the continuing dominance of past musical styles, choreographic routines and all aspects of the 'marvellous'. The ballet was to be considered as a whole, including the need for diversity, satisfied by the elimination of traditional static, symmetrical groupings, introducing rapidly changing tableaux and using different dancing styles to suit different characters and themes ..." (NG). |
| Reference |
RISM B/VI/2 p.623. Derra de Moroda 1967. |
| Price |
£500.00 |
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