‎Dance & ballet‎

‎Balanchine George‎

‎George Balanchine : Histoire de mes ballets‎

‎Fayard 1969 In-8 relié 22 cm sur 14. 321 pages. Jaquette en mauvais état. Bon état d’occasion.‎

‎Traduit de l'américain par Patrick Thévenon Bon état d’occasion‎

Bookseller reference : 118638

‎Balanchine George ; Solomon Moiseevic Volkov ; Dany Carole‎

‎Conversations avec George Balanchine : Variations sur Tchaïkovski‎

‎L’Arche 1988 In-12 broché 18,7 cm sur 11,6. 220 pages. Bon état d’occasion.‎

‎Bon état d’occasion‎

Bookseller reference : 118639

‎BALANCHINE. Edited by Francis Mason.‎

‎BALANCHINE'S COMPLET STORIES OF THE GREAT BALLET. Annotated selection of recordings by Jacques Fray, drawings by Marta Becket.‎

‎New york, Doubleday, 1954. In-8 carré relié toile verte éditeur, 360 pp. avec des illustrations en hors texte. Sans la jaquette. Bon état.‎

‎BALDENSPERGER Fernand‎

‎Sensibilité musicale et romantisme‎

‎- Les presses françaises, Paris 1925, 12x19cm, broché. - First edition. Illustrated. [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Edition originale. Ouvrage orné d'illustrations.‎

‎Baldy,Perrier Mr.,Lange Gabrielle,Vasser - Tassin,Dérouville Henri - Mortreuil Félix‎

‎Partition de la chanson : Polka des grosses dames (La) Chanson comique‎

‎Partitions sur Paris Paname,Partitions sur la Danse Maurel 1919 approx.‎

‎Bon état Petit format‎

Bookseller reference : 17887

‎BALIEFF (Nikita).‎

‎Théâtre de la Chauve-souris, saison 1924-1925.‎

‎Paris, M. de Brunoff, 1924. In-4, broché, couverture illustrée en couleurs. Edition ornée d'illustrations in-texte et hors-texte d'Alexandre et Nicolas Benois et Schoukhaeff.‎

Bookseller reference : 197

‎BALLETS DES CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES.‎

‎Direction artistique Boris KOCHNO. Maître de ballet Roland PETIT. Octobre 1945.‎

‎Paris, Bureau des concerts de Paris, Paris, Bureau des concerts de Paris(1945) ; in-4, en ff., couv. illustrée. Bel album programme tiré à 1000 exemplaires numérotés. Couverture illustrée en couleurs par Marie LAURENCIN. Photographies de Boris Kochno, Roland Petit, Ludmila Tchérnia, Jean Babilée, Youli Algaroff, Irène Skorik, Marina de Berg, Ethery Pagava, Christian Foye, Nathalie Philippart, Youra Loboff, par Serge Lido, Pierre Jahan et Cecil Beaton. Illustrations de Christian Bérard.Au programme : Le déjeuner sur l’herbe, Quadrille, Le spectre de la rose, les forains, la forêt, jeu de cartes (sur des musiques de Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Sauguet, Auric et Lanner).‎

Bookseller reference : 46404573

‎BALLETS RUSSES.‎

‎Collection of eight souvenir programmes.‎

‎Paris & New York: various publishers 1911-1939. 8 works quarto. Original variously illustrated wrappers cord-tied or wire stitched as issued. Illustrated throughout in colour and monochrome. Highly desirable collection of elusive and superbly produced ephemeral publications offering a rich panorama of the two decades of the Ballets Russes and featuring the leading lights of the company - Bakst Rubinstein Nijinsky; the whole reflecting the very highest standards of Diaghilev himself who in the words of his highly-acclaimed biographer "would never allow quality to suffer" Sjeng Scheijen Diaghilev: A Life 2009 p. 405. Souvenir programme: Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt Mai-Juin 1911. Grande Saison Russe: Opéras et Ballets. Organisée par "L'Association pour la Propagation de la Musique Slave" avec le concours d'Artistes des Théâtres Impériaux de Saint-Pétersbourg et Moscou et des principaux Théâtres de France et de 'Etranger. Paris: Publications Willy Fischer 1911 Square quarto pp. 32. Original pictorial wrappers designed by Jean Portalez wire-stitched. Portraits from photographs and adverts throughout. Light creasing and signs of handling to wrappers otherwise very good. Eye-catching souvenir programme clearly inspired by the enormous impact of the first two seasons of the Ballet Russes in Paris 1909-10 when "audiences were dazzled by the dancing and striking designs" V&A its title echoing Diaghilev's original billing of a "Saison Russe". The repertoire for the season at the Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt comprised five operas including Dargomyzhsky's Rusalka Eugene Onegin and Anton Rubinstein's Le Démon and "sketches" from four ballets including La Forêt enchantée by Riccardo Drigo. The striking cover design is by Jean Portalez who did much stylish work for the French humour magazines Le Rire and Journal Amusant and was a frequent contributor to La Nouvelle Mode. One copy only located on WorldCat at New York Public Library. ComÂœdia Illustré – Numero Special Â… Les Russes au Châtelet. Paris: ComÂœdia Illustré 1911 Quarto. Original pictorial wrappers front cover with colour design by Bakst for the ballet Narcisse premiered in 1911 wire-stitched. With the translucent paper wrapper. Monochrome illustrations and adverts throughout one colour plate costume design by Bakst.One 4-page section loose light signs of handling otherwise very good. Attractive special number of the ComÂœdia Illustré dedicated to Le Martyre de saint Sébastien a five-act mystery play by Gabriele D'Annunzio with incidental music by Debussy and scenery and costumes by Bakst designed as a vehicle for the inspirational Ida Rubinstein. ComÂœdia Illustré – Théatre du Châtelet Grande Saison de Paris Â… du 4 Mai au 10 Mai 1912 Six Représentations de Gala: Hélène de Sparte Â… du 10 Juin au 20 Juin 1912 Six Représentations de Gala: Salomé. Paris: ComÂœdia Illustré 1912 Quarto. Original pictorial wrappers front cover printed in silver and blue showing costume design by Bakst for Ida Rubinstein as Hélène wire-stitched. With the translucent paper cover wrapper printed in gold and green with copper-coloured cord. Colour and monochrome illustrations and adverts throughout all printed within gold borders. Light signs of handling to cover wrapper a few short closed-tears to periphery otherwise very good. Beautifully produced special issue of the ComÂœdia Illustré dedicated to two productions Hélène de Sparte Verhaeren's tragedy music by Deodat de Severac decorations and costumes by Bakst mise en scène by Sanine and Wilde's Salomé music by Glazunov mise en scène by Sanine Dance of Salome choreographed by Fokine. Illustrations include colour plates of Bakst's costume and scenery portraits of the leading participants. One copy only located on WorldCat at BnF. ComÂœdia Illustré - Grande Saison de Paris. Programme official des Ballets Russes. Septieme Saison de Ballets Russes Â… Mai-Juin 1912. Paris: ComÂœdia Illustré 1912 Quarto. Original pictorial wrappers front cover with colour design by Bakst showing Nijinksy in L'Apres-Midi d'un Faune wire-stitched. With the translucent paper cover wrapper printed in blue and gold art nouveau border pearl-coloured cord. Colour and monochrome illustrations and adverts throughout all printed within gold borders. An excellent copy. Spectacular special number commemorating the seventh season of the Ballets Russes covering four spectacles and including Le Spectre de la Rose The Firebird Petrushka Prince Igor L'Apres Midi Daphnis et Chloé with excellent colour reproductions of Bakst's stunning costume and scenery designs. One copy only located on WorldCat at BnF. Souvenir - Serge De Diaghileff's Ballet Russe: With Originals by Leon Bakst and Others. 1916 American Tour Programme. New York: Metropolitan Ballet Company Inc. 1916 Quarto pp. 38. Original mottled brown hammer-finish card wrappers green silk cord tie cover image of Nijinsky in Scheherezade by Robert Montenegro in brown with embossed gilt work title lettering similarly embossed. Sepia frontispiece from a photograph Nijinsky in Spectre de la Rose and 8 other similar full-page illustrations including one of Lydia Lopokova 15 full-page colour illustrations one double-page the majority costume designs by Bakst among them the famous image of Nijinsky as the Faun in L'Après Midi. Minor nicks to periphery of wrappers. An excellent copy. An important piece of ballet history: the original souvenir programme from the first American tour of the Ballet Russes with full-colour illustrations of the sumptuous costumes designs of Leon Bakst. The programme includes brief ballet synopses an itinerary and two pages of illustrated advertisements. This is an unusual and highly desirable variant in that it features the superb Nijinsky illustration on the cover. Souvenir - Serge de Diaghileff's Ballet Russe. New York: Metropolitan Ballet Company Inc. 1916 Quarto pp. 36. Original cord-tied embossed grey card hammer-finish wrappers. Colour and sepia illustrations throughout. Minor nicks to wrappers. An excellent copy. Sumptuous souvenir program published by the Metropolitan Ballet Company for the first and only American tour of the Ballets Russes superbly illustrated and containing brief introductions to the repertoire: Le Pavillon D'Armide; L'Oiseau De Feu; Les Sylphides and Papillons; Le Spectre de la Rose; Narcisse; Schéhérazade; Sadko; Thamar; Le Carnaval of Schumann; Prince Igor; Petrouchka; Snégourotchka; Daphnis et Chloé;'L'Après-Midi d'un Faune; Le Dieu Bleu; and Cléopâtre. This differs in many respects to the version above. Souvenir programme: Ballets Russes de M. Serge de Diaghilew. Paris: Printed by L'Edition Artistique for Les Publications Willy Fischer 1925 Quarto. Original pictorial wrappers front cover with colour design by Pedro Pruna wire-stitched. With the glassine paper cover wrapper. Monochrome illustrations and adverts throughout. Glassine a little creased and tattered general light signs of handling. A very good copy. Attractive art deco souvenir programme the repertoire including Pulcinella La Boutique fantasque Les Matelots Les Biches and Train Bleu. The young Catalan artist Pedro Pruna was recommended to Cocteau by Picasso and a meeting with Diaghilev and Boris Kochno was arranged; they "immediately commissioned him to design Les Matelots" being impressed by his "limpid poetic theatrical work" cited in Alexander Schouvaloff The Art of Ballets Russes Yale UP 1997 p.279. Included here are a publisher's slip issued by Editions des Quatre Chemins advertising as "just published" Les Biches and Les Facheux; also the single page programme for 18 June Pulcinella Les Matelots La Boutique fantasque. Just a handful of copies on WorldCat. Ballets Russes de Diaghilew 1909 a 1929. Exposition organisée par Serge Lifar Mars a Juin 1939. Paris: Jacques de Brunhoff printed by Imprimerie Crété 1939 Quarto. Original printed wrappers with design by Bakst on gold paper inset to front cover wire-stitched. Monochrome illustrations throughout. Small stain at fore-edge of front cover light vertical crease. A very good copy. Attractive resume of productions spanning the first two decades of the Ballets Russes and illustrating costume designs by Bakst Gontcharova Sert Marie Laurencin Juan Gris and Benois scenery and curtain designs by Roerich Federovsky Picasso Braque Matisse Derain de Chirico Rouault Larionov Utrillo and Tchelichew. Paris & New York: various publishers, unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 118426

‎Ballets Russes Diaghilev Ida Rubinstein Bakst De Brunoff Maurice & Jacques de Brunoff editors‎

‎Collection des plus Beaux Numéros Comoedia Illustré et des Programmes consacrés aux Ballets & Galas Russes depuis le Début à Paris 1909-1921‎

‎Paris: M. de Brunoff 1922. Profusely illustrated with full-color covers mounted and full-page plates and photographs. 187 of 188 leaves. Folio. Original cloth with inlaid illustrated upper cover from "The Firebird" by Natalia Gontcharova. Covers and spine rubbed and soiled internally fine but lacking cover for Ballets Russes program from May 1921 featuring Picasso illustration on recto and verso. Bakst Léon. Profusely illustrated with full-color covers mounted and full-page plates and photographs. 187 of 188 leaves. Folio. An outstanding visual record of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and Ida Rubinstein's Galas Russes in their most influential years lavishly illustrated with the works of Bakst Gontcharova Larionov Picasso Matisse Massine Derain and others. The collection is comprised of special issues of the theatrical periodical "Comoedia Illustré" and souvenir programs devoted to Ballets Russes and Rubinstein's Galas Russes for the seasons 1909-1921 with introductory letterpress text for each season by V. Svetloff. With splendid color and gilt illustrations of costume and set designs as well as numerous photographic portraits of dancers and production artists. Bakst is the most frequently represented artist in the group; the illustration inlaid to the upper cover is by Natalia Gontcharova. M. de Brunoff unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 307356

‎BALLETS RUSSES‎

‎La Revue Musicale - Les Ballets Russes de Serge de Diaghilew.‎

‎Paris 1930. . 8vo. 25.5 x 19.5 cm. XII 112 pp. illustrated throughout in both colour and black and white some leaves uncut. Original publisher's wrappers. Fine copy of an illustrated Revue Musicale issue dedicated to the Ballets Russes with a special tribute to Diaghilev who had died the previous year. It contains testimonials memories of friends and collaborators such as Gabriel Astruc Alexandre Benois Robert Brussel Michel Georges-Michel Émile Henriot Louis Laloy Michel Larionov the Comtesse de Noailles and Gilbert de Voisins. Of great interest are the numerous illustrations that run through the issue. These include reproductions of drawings e.g. Jean Cocteau's sketching of Diaghilev and Nijinsky as well as Bakst's costume designs etchings e.g. Picasso's etching of star dancer Leonid Massine and photographs of ballet sets scenes and dancers. In his concluding article Prunières summarized Diaghilev's contribution to the worlds of music and dance as follows: "For almost 20 years the Ballets Russes provided us with new things in the realms of music visual art and choreography every year. Aesthetic issues that seemed eternally debated in the inner sancta of Montparnasse and Montmartre were taken before the mass public. Each season came to call into question all that we previous believed to have been said already. . One might say that all of musical and artistic life depended in large part on this extraordinary man." Edited between 1920 and 1940 by Henry Prunières 1886–1942 La revue musicale is considered to be one of the most important music periodicals published in France in the period between the World Wars. As such it offers a remarkable portrait of musical activity in France. The magazine addressed not only musicologists but a much wider audience. Paris, 1930. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 92329

‎BALLETS RUSSES.‎

‎Les Ballets Russes. Programme Officiel edite par "Comoedia Illustré ".‎

‎Paris: Comoedia Illustré. 1914. First edition. Paperback. Fair. 4to. Original stapled wrappers with gilt rope. 64pp. 17 costumes in colour by Léon Bakst including two fullpagea double page spread of costumes for Rossignol by Alexandre Benois. Cover illustration of Michel Fokine and Vera Fokina in Schéhérazade costumes by Léon Bakst. Shéhérazade Petrouchka Papillons la Légende de Joseph le Coq d'Or Cléopatre Midas le Rossignol le Prince Igor etc. Covesr rubbed and frayed with marginal loss rear cover detached. Thumbed and dog-eared. <br /><br /> Comoedia Illustré. paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 025989

‎BALLETS RUSSES DE MONTE CARLO‎

‎S. Hurok presents Col. W. de Basil's Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo. 1937-1938 October - April. 5th American Season‎

‎New York 1937. A near-fine copy with some light wear. Folio 12 x 9.5 inches. Profusely illustrated. Pictorial wrappers. Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo was an influential ballet company founded by Ren� Blum and Colonel Vassily de Basil in 1933. Includes numerous advertisements of Art Deco-inspired design including Helena Rubinstein Lanvin Guerlain and Pinaud. <br/><br/> unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 405842

‎BALLETS RUSSES‎

‎Serge de Diaghileff's Ballet Russe. Souvenir.‎

‎New York Morris Gest & Metropolitan Opera 1916-1917. . 2 vols first and second issuea; large 4to 31.5 x 23.5 cm; text in English with numerous illustrations after Bakst small tour schedule inserted to vol.I ; grey and brown marbled soft wrappers bound with string embossed gilt decor and lettering in good condition. Beautiful souvenir programmes of the troupe's American Tour of 1916-17. Including photographs of Léonide Massine and numerous illustrations of Bakst's costumes. New York, Morris Gest & Metropolitan Opera, 1916-1917. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 101607

‎Ballets Russes Karsavina Tamar. 1885 1978 Danilova Alexandra. 1903 1997‎

‎Theatre Street - INSCRIBED TO ALEXANDRA DANILOVA‎

‎London: William Heinemann Ltd 1930. First edition. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. An extraordinary association copy of the autobiography of Nijinsky's dance partner at the Ballets Russes inscribed to the inheritor of her mantle the great ballerina Alexandra Danilova. Her account of her early life at the Imperial Ballet School and her subsequent career at the Marinsky Theatre and the Ballets Russes. 341 pp. Foreword by J. M. Barrie plain photographic illustrations publisher's green cloth lettered gilt on the spine inscribed on the front free endpage to Alexandra Danilova: "Dear Choura whom I remember with love Tamara." In good shape apart from a tear at the top of the spine and one photo plate page which is separated.<br><br><br />One of the most popular dancers of her time Danilova was a star at St. Petersburg's Imperial Ballet with the Ballets Russes under Sergei Diaghilev and then with the Ballet Russe de Monto Carlo after Diaghilev's death. One of the greatest dancers of her time she created numerous important Balanchine roles and was an important teacher at the School of American Ballet. When she died at the age of 93 in 1997 her will stipulated a number of bequests to individuals and institutions and most of her correspondence notebooks artwork and memorabilia is now housed at the Library of Congress Kent State University's Costume Museum Ohio's Ursuline College and the New York Public Library. The present item is from the personal collection of her goddaughter one of the ballerina's principal heirs. William Heinemann Ltd hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 9918

‎BALLETS RUSSES‎

‎COLLECTION DES PLUS BEAUX NUMÉROS DE COMOEDIA ILLUSTRÉ ET DES PROGRAMMES CONSACRÉS AU BALLETS & GALAS RUSSES DEPUIS LE DÉBUT A PARIS 1909-1921‎

‎Paris: M. De Brunoff 1922. Folio green silk over thick beveled boards with large inset color illustration from Natalia Goncharova's design for "Firebird". Endpapers color- stenciled with names of the dances dancers composers and choreographers and in the center that of the impresario Serge Diaghilev. Silk faded; a little edge wear to bottom of front board. An exceptionally nice copy of this magnificent book. A compilation of the most important special issues of the theatrical periodical "Comoedia Illustré" and souvenir programs for the 1909-1921 seasons of the Ballets Russes compiled by the program publishers themselves Maurice and Jacques de Brunoff Explanatory forewords by the critic Valerian Svetlov. Lavishly illustrated with photographs and black and white and splendid color plates some heightened with gilt and silver of the dancers costumes and stage decor. Work by Léon Bakst Valentine Hugo André Derain Alexandre Benois Mikhail Larionov. Natalia Goncharova José Sert Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. Dancers include Vaslav Nijinsky Tamara Karsavina Michael and Vera Fokine and Ida Rubenstein. Léon Bakst's brilliantly exotic and vivid designs for costumes and stage design revolutionized theater and fashion in the first quarter of the 20th century drawing on Neo-Russian Orientalist and ancient Greek motifs. The May 1917 issue is devoted primarily to the ballet "Parade". In his introduction "Parade et l'Esprit Nouveau" Guillaume Apollinaire coins the term "surrealism" laying the foundation for this movement. "Parade" is a collaboration among Erik Satie Jean Cocteau Pablo Picasso Léonide Massine and Serge Diaghilev. Picasso's costumes are depicted in two pochoir-colored plates: "Costume de Chinois" and "Costume d'Acrobate". A copy is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art rebound without the original cover plaque by Goncharova and another copy is featured in the 2019 exhibition "Hymn to Apollo/The Ancient World and the Ballets Russes" at the NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. Illustrated Boards. Near Fine. Folio. M. De Brunoff Hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 004588

‎Ballets Russes Bolm Adolph. 1884a1951 Bakst Leon. 1866a1924 Hoppe Emil Otto. 1878a1972‎

‎Adolf Bolm in Thamar Monsieur Adolph Bolm Thamar - Original Photograph‎

‎Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Striking original vintage sepia toned gelatin photograph of the important dancer ca. 1912. Stamped "ADOLPH BOLM / 'THAMAR' / SERGE de DIAGHILEFF'S BALLET RUSSE" on the verso in violet ink. Right edge trimmed irregularly small loss to upper left corner light spotting else in fine condition. 5.2 x 8 inches 13.2 x 20.3 cm<br style="">An early associate of Anna Pavlova Adolphe Bolm later was a major figure in Diaghilev's Ballet Russes. An injury sustained during this US tour lead him to leave the company and remain in the US where he went on to organize "Ballet Intime" and collaborate with the New York Metropolitan Opera. He is shown in the present image in the 1912 Ballets Russes production of "Thamar" in a costume by Leon Bakst.<br>In the ballet with music by Balakirev and choreography by Michel Fokine the subject of the life of Thamar Queen of Georgia from 1184 to 1213 was transformed in the spirit of nineteenth-century Romanticism becoming a symbol of nationalist pride in the face of growing Russian cultural dominance in the Caucasus. Russian poet Mikhail Lermontov fictionalized Thamar's history within his interpretation of a Georgian legend of a malevolent seductress in his 1841 poem Tamara and it was this version along with Balakirev's symphonic poem Tamara that inspired Bakst and Fokine for the Ballets Russes production. Bakst's looming set dramatized Thamar's isolated court in her castle in the treacherous Terek River and provided a stark background for his sumptuous and richly detailed costumes for the queen her courtiers guards and suitors.  The men's costumes are based on the traditional Caucasian cherkeska Circassian coat or kaftan with beshmet underdress. <br style="">German born photographer E. O. Hoppé moved to London in 1902 at the age of 24 to work for the Deutsche Bank. He was elected member of the Royal Photographic Society in 1903 and became one of the most important portrait and documentary photographers of his time. E. O. Hoppé spent most of his life in England or travelling the rest of the world on assignments. The present photograph was published as a gravure in Hoppé's 1913 Fine Art Society London volume "Studies from the Russian Ballet" the photographer's first major publication. At a time when ballet was highly popular he photographed most of the leading members of Serge Diaghilev's Russian Ballet in London and the present image of Bolm is one of his most celebrated images. <br style=""> unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 18581

‎Ballets Russes Diaghilev Sergey Pavlovich. 18721929 Pergolesi Giovanni Battista. 17101736 Wassenaer Count Unico Wilhelm van.‎

‎Six Concertinos Attributed to Pergolesi AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT PREPARED FOR AND INSCRIBED BY DIAGHILEV‎

‎Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Bound collection of 6 concertinos for 4 violins viola cello and basso continuo in score copied from a manuscript at the Conservatoire de Paris as prepared for and subsequently inscribed by Sergei Diaghilev. Long attributed to Italian Baroque composer Pergolesi these pieces are a famous case of reattribution within the canon of classical music having been identified in recent decades as the work of the Dutch composer and statesman Count Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer. Half a century before this musicological consensus had been established Diaghilev wrote his opinion in an inscription on the cover of the present manuscript translated as follows from the French:<br style="">"In my opinion only the sixth last concertino was composed by Pergolesi. The others are of different authors who have nothing in common with him. I believe the autograph score does not exist and that the copy at the Conservatoire de Paris is the sole known copy that belongs to <lacuna>. These works are found in no library in Italy. It is especially strange that they are not to be found in Naples. The quality of the music of these three concertini is very unequal and one recognizes Pergolesi solely in the last part of the last concertino which was composed wholly by him the Adagio movement recalling his serenades etc. S. Diaghilev 1918."<br style="">"À mon avis il n'y a que le 6me dernier Concertino qui est composé par Pergolesi. Les autres sont de différents auteurs qui n'ont rien de commun avec lui. Je crois que le partition autographe n'existe pas et que l'exemplaire du Conservatoire de Paris est la copie de l'unique exemplaire connu qui appartient à <lacuna>. Dans aucune Bibliothèque d'Italie ces oeuvres ne se trouvent pas. Il est étrange surtout qu'on ne les trouve pas à Naples. La qualité de musique de ces concertini est très inégale et l'on reconnait Pergolesi seulement dans la dernière partie du dernier concertino qui fait être tout entier composé par lui mouvement d'Adagio rappelant ses serenades etc. S. Diaghilev. 1918."<br style="">24 pages bound in a single gathering 10 1/2 × 13 3/4 inches 27 × 35 cm closed. Each page ruled neatly in 16 staves. Notation neatly penned in the hand of the copyist L. Mathieu who has stamped lower right corner of cover: "'Copie musicale et littéraire' L. Mathieu 30 rue Legendre Paris." Diaghilev himself has further inscribed at the base of the page "Copiés d'après le manuscrit se trouvant au Conservatoire de Musique de  Paris / 1917. SergeiDIaghilev"  Purple ownership stamp in lower right corner of cover of Serge Lifar obtained at the sale of his library. Outer sheets cover and last page of music ever so slightly darker than openings else very fine throughout. <br style="">Diaghilev the great impresario of the Ballets Russes is best known for his prescient assemblage of extraordinarily promising composers artists choreographers and dancers. Perhaps Diaghilev's most famous musical innovation was his suggestion to Stravinsky that he set some themes by Giovanni Pergolesi or at least some music as here that was then believed to be by Pergolesi. The result was Pulcinella making Diaghilev at least partly responsible for the transition from Igor Stravinsky's Russian period to his Neoclassical period and the subsequent broader 1920s fascination with neo-classicism.  The present manuscript offers a glimpse into Diaghilev's central own role in evaluating projects for his ensemble since his inscriptions of 1917 and 1918 two/three years before the Ballets Russes production of Pulcinella so clearly demonstrate his interest in Pergolesi and the commedia dell'arte.  unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 18294

‎Ballets Russes Georges Michel Michel; Waldemar George; and Nathalie Gontcharova‎

‎Les Ballets Russes de Serge de Diaghilew par Michel Georges-Michel Waldemar George / Le Costume Théatral par Nathalie Gontcharova‎

‎Ballets Russes Georges-Michel Michel; Waldemar George; and Nathalie Gontcharova. <b>Les Ballets Russes de Serge de Diaghilew par Michel Georges-Michel Waldemar George / Le Costume Théatral par Nathalie Gontcharova</b>. Paris: Pierre Vorms 1930. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Small Quarto 10 5/8 x 7 3/8 inches; 270 x 185 mm 31 1 pages in printed wrappers. <br /><br />A sumptuously illustrated tribute to Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes issued in 1930 one year after his death. Diaghilev rendered here as Diaghilew created one of the world's most innovative ballet and opera companies and hired some of the greatest artists of the 20th century to design sets and costumes. <br /><br />Artists represented here include Picasso Laurencin Braque Derain de Chirico Rouault Bakst and others. The book features 19 plates depicting sets and costumes with four of the plates in color. There is also a photo of Diaghilev taken several days before his death at the young age of 57. <br /><br />Michel Georges-Michel and Waldemar George have written introductions while Nathalie Gontcharova has written about costumes; the book is illustrated with several of her designs for sets and costumes. There is also a complete list of the troupe's productions and a list of all the artists who designed sets and costumes. All text is in French. <br /><br />This book should not be confused with a 1955 revised edition. An altogether wonderful tribute to the Ballets Russes. <br /><br />CONDITION: Light edge wear toning to the wrappers especially the lower wrapper. Internally clean bright and unmarked. A beautiful Near Fine copy. Pierre Vorms paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : 2043

‎BALLETS RUSSES.‎

‎Ballets russes de Diaghilew 1909 à 1929. Exposition organisée par Serge Lifar Avril-Mai 1939 sous le haut patronage de S. A. S. le prince de Monaco et la présidence d’honneur de M. Jean Zay, ministre de l’Éducation Nationale. Musée des Arts Décoratifs. Palais du Louvre. Pavillon de Marsan.‎

‎Paris, Jacques de Brunhoff, Paris, Jacques de Brunhoff1939 ; in-4, broché, couv. illustrée d’un dessin de Bakst. 40 pp.Textes de Serge Lifar, Jean-Louis Vaudoyer, Jean Cocteau, Misia Sert suivi du catalogue (555 numéros) aquarelles, dessins, peintures, rideaux et toiles de fond, sculptures, affiches, livres, partitions, lettres, photographies, costumes et accessoires. - Tableau chronologique des ballets et opéras russes montés par Diaghilev de 1908 à 1929. - 8 planches hors-texte avec des illustrations recto et verso. Pliure à la couverture.Joint : Nijinsky, clown de Dieu. Ballet de Maurice Béjart, Musique de Pierre Henry. Le Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie en association avec le Palais des Sports. 1972 ; programme in-4 broché, très illustré. Cette création de Béjart mettait en scène Jorge Donn, Paolo Bortoluzzi, Paul Méjia, Suzanne Farrell, Guy Brasseur, Franco Romano. Les textes étaient dits par Laurent Terzieff.‎

Bookseller reference : 46405869

‎BALLETS RUSSES. Auric Georges et al.‎

‎Les Facheux. Georges Braque Jean Cocteau Louis Laloy Georges Auric Theatre Serge de Diaghilew‎

‎Paris: Éditions des Quatre Chemins 1924. Two volumes. Quarto. Original publisher's heavy ivory wrappers with illustration in color by Braque to uppers. <br/><br/>Vol. I:<br/>1f. recto half-title verso blank 1f. recto title verso blank 1f. recto "Jean Cocteau" verso blank 3ff. text 1f. portrait of Cocteau 1f. recto "Louis Laloy" verso blank 7ff. text 1f. recto facsimile of music by Auric verso blank <br/>1f. recto "Georges Braque" verso blank 23 hand-coloured set and costume designs by Braque: La Naïde; Esquisse du décor; Décor manquette; Éraste; La Montagne; Lysandre; Orphise; L'Élegante; Joueuse de volant; Joueuse de volant dos; Première bavarde; Deuxième bavarde; Deuxième bavarde dos; Joueur de boules; Joueur de cartes; Le Tuteur; Premier valet; Deuxième valet; Policier; Premier masque; Premier masque dos; Deuxième masque; and Deuxième masque dos.<br/> <br/>Vol. II: <br/>1f. recto half-title verso blank 1f. recto blank verso reproduction of photograph of Braque by Man Ray 1f. recto title "Réalisation Scénique" verso blank 1f. contents 1f. recto "Argument" verso blank 1f. recto part title verso blank 22 full-page reproductions of photographs of dancers L. Krassovska; Nicolas Zverew; Antoine Wilzak; La Nijinska 2; Lubov Tchernicheva 3; Antoine Doline; N. Devalois 2; Ludmila Cholar L. Choliar et A. Wilzak; Alice Nikitin; L. Chollar A. Nikitina and A. Wilzak; Thadée Slavinsky 2; Th. Slavinsky E. Lapitsky et C. Tcherkas; Léon Woizikovsky; J. Jazvinsky et M. Pavlow; M. Federow; and S. Lifar in role portraits.<br/><br/>All plates with tissue gards.<br/><br/>Wrappers very slightly worn and soiled. Minor internal wear; a few signatures partially split; some tissue guards worn and creased. First Edition limited to 500 copies this no. 15 of only 40 copies on Hollande van Gelder with limitation statements at the conclusion of each volume. Magriel p. 187. Niles & Leslie I p. 75. Derra de Moroda 1503. <br/><br/>Les Facheux a ballet in one act with music by Georges Auric choreography by Bronislava Nijinska scenario by Boris Kochno after Moliere's comedy-ballet and curtain scenery and costumes by Georges Braque was first performed by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in Monte Carlo on 19 January 1924 with principal dancers Lubov Tchernicheva Anatole Vilzak and Anton Dolin.<br/><br/>"By the time Auric found himself a member of Les Six Auric Durey Honegger Milhaud Poulenc and Tailleferre the style of his music - brilliant and often acidly aggressive - had become well established and works such as the Huit poèmes de Jean Cocteau 1919 or the foxtrot Adieu New York! 1919 show how he can be considered along with Poulenc the group's most typical representative. On hearing his 1921 incidental music for Molière's comédie-ballet Les fâcheux Diaghilev asked him to transform it into a ballet. First performed in Monte Carlo . it shows a facility for mood creation and a virtuosity in the manipulation of highly varied material that presages his film music. Other successful ballets followed: Les matelots 1924 and La pastorale 1925 for Diaghilev Les enchantements de la fée d'Alcine 1928 for Ida Rubinstein ." Jeremy Drake in Grove Music Online. <br/><br/>Examples of Les Facheux on Hollande van Gelder with particularly strong color to the plates are quite rare with no copies recorded in ABPC as having coming to auction since at least 1977. Éditions des Quatre Chemins unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 36302

‎BALTRUSAITIS (Jurgis)‎

‎LE MOYEN AGE FANTASTIQUE : antiquités et exotismes dans l'art gothique.‎

‎Paris : Flammarion, Collection "Idées et recherches", 1981. Broché 24x16cm, jaquette illustrée couleur, 221 pages illustrées de 188 documents en noir, index. [BEG, jaquette légèrement écornée en tête et queue, dos un peu insolé]‎

‎GRYLLES GOTHIQUES (monstres, grylles, gemmes, dieux acéphales et multicéphales...) - BIZARRERIES DES SCEAUX ET DES MONNAIES ANTIQUES - ORNEMENTS ET CADRES ISLAMIQUES (monde musulman, décor abstrait, végétation fantastique, cadres...) - ARABESQUES FANTASTIQUES (monstres hiératiques, métamorphoses des ornements arabes, rinceau à têtes et à troncs, "wak-wak", autres thèmes, mudhahhib et enlumineur gothique...) - AILES DE CHAUVE-SOURIS ET DEMONS CHINOIS (ailes de chauve-souris, crêtes de dragons, démons extrême-orientaux, Extrême-Orient et Occident, légende de la peinture et de l'enfer extrême-orientaux en Occident...) - PRODIGES EXTREME-ORIENTAUX (dieux extrême-orientaux, nature animée, objets vivants...) - GRANDS THEMES BOUDDHIQUES (tentations bouddhiques et tentations occidentales, danses macabres et cadavres décomposés, mandalas, tchi gothique...) - ARC EN ACCOLADE ORIENTAL (contre-courbe orientale, contre-courbe en Occident...).‎

Bookseller reference : SPN-78

‎BANERJI Projesh‎

‎ART OF INDIAN DANCING‎

‎New Dehli Sterling Publishers 1985, In-8 cartonnage éditeur sous jaquette, 164 pages. Figures et photos. Texte en anglais. Bon état.‎

‎Baptiste VIGNOL‎

‎Claude François: Je reviendrai comme d'habitude‎

‎Grund 2017 240 pages 21 6x27 8x2 2cm. 2017. Broché. 240 pages.‎

‎Très bon état - L'ouvrage qui n'a jamais été lu peut présenter de légères traces de stockage mais est du reste en très bon état. envoi rapide et soigné dans un emballage adapté depuis France‎

Bookseller reference : 500057496

‎BARBA Eudenio - SAVARESE Nikola.‎

‎Recnik Pozorisne Antropologije. Tajna umetnost glumca.‎

‎Facultet dramskih Umetnosti - Beograd 1996. In 4 broché, 267 pp, importante iconographie sur la danse, le mouvement, le geste. Très discrète trace sur le premier plat. Bel état. En Serbe.‎

Bookseller reference : 933

‎BARCLAY SQUIRE W.‎

‎Catalogue of printed music published between 1487 and 1800 now in the British Museum‎

‎- W. Clowes & sons, London 1912, 16x25,5cm, 2 volumes en reliure de l'éditeur. - Edition originale. Reliures en pleine percaline bleu marine, dos lisses ornés de deux doubles filets dorés en têtes et en queues, dates en queue, encadrements à froid sur les plats. Petites rousseurs sur le deuxième volume affectant essentiellemnt les toutes premières et toutes dernières pages. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]‎