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The Ballets of Daniel-François-Esprit Auber The Ballets of Daniel-François-Esprit Auber The Ballets of Daniel-François-Esprit Auber Edited and Introduced by Robert Ignatius Letellier The Ballets of Daniel-François-Esprit Auber, Edited and Introduced by Robert Ignatius Letellier This book first published 2011 Cambridge Scholars Publishing 12 Back Chapman Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2XX, UK British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Copyright © 2011 by Robert Ignatius Letellier and contributors All rights for this book reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. ISBN (10): 1-4438-2987-0, ISBN (13): 978-1-4438-2987-8 D.F.E. Auber. Portrait by Mme Haudebourt (1838) TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Figures ......................................................................................................... ix Introduction............................................................................................................. xi 1) La Muette de Portici ............................................................................................. 1 1) Guaracha ......................................................................................................... 1 2) Bolero.............................................................................................................. 7 3) Tarantella ...................................................................................................... 16 2) Fra Diavolo ....................................................................................................... 21 Saltarella............................................................................................................ 21 3) Le Dieu et la Bayadère ....................................................................................... 27 1) No. 5 Air de danse ( Pas de schal ) .................................................................. 27 2) No. 10 Scène et Air de danse ......................................................................... 33 4) Gustave III, ou Le Bal masquè............................................................................ 43 Act 1 1) Premier Air de danse ( Songe )......................................................................... 43 2) Deuxième Air de danse ( Pas de paysans dalécarliens )................................... 50 Act 5 3) Premier Air de danse ( Allemande ) ................................................................. 57 4) Deuxième Air de danse ( Pas des folies ) ......................................................... 64 5) Troisième Air de danse ( Menuet )................................................................... 72 6) Première Marche ........................................................................................... 75 7) Seconde Marche ............................................................................................ 77 8) Quatrième Air de danse ( Galop ) .................................................................... 81 5) Le Lac des fées ................................................................................................... 87 Airs de Danse 1) Marche des Rois ............................................................................................ 87 2) Premier Air de danse ( Valse des Étudiants ).................................................... 89 3) Deuxième Air de danse ( Pas de Bacchus et Erigone )..................................... 94 4) Troisième Air de danse ( La Styrienne )......................................................... 102 5) Quatrième Air de danse ( Bacchanale ).......................................................... 111 6) L'Enfant prodigue ............................................................................................ 115 Act 2 1) No. 9b Scène ............................................................................................... 115 2) No. 10 Scène ............................................................................................... 123 3) Air de ballet (No. 1)..................................................................................... 128 4) Air de ballet (No. 2)..................................................................................... 134 5) Air de ballet (No. 3)..................................................................................... 135 6) Air de ballet (No. 4)..................................................................................... 136 7) Air de ballet (No. 5)..................................................................................... 138 viii The Ballets of Daniel-François-Esprit Auber Act 3 8) No. 14 Entr’acte et Choeur ( Orgie ).............................................................. 144 9) No. 14bis Choeur......................................................................................... 149 10) No. 15 Scène ............................................................................................. 164 7) Zerline ............................................................................................................. 171 Airs de Ballet 1) La Styrienne ................................................................................................ 171 2) Les Muses et les Graces ............................................................................... 181 3) Pas Chinois ................................................................................................. 190 4) La Sentimentale et L’Enjouée ...................................................................... 195 5) Le Bal d’enfants ........................................................................................... 202 6) Quadrille des fous ........................................................................................ 210 7) Le Carnaval de Palerme .............................................................................. 218 8) Choeur ( Valse )............................................................................................. 222 8) Les Rendezvous ................................................................................................ 227 1) Entrée ( Entrée des Promeneurs ) .................................................................. 227 2) Air de Ballet (Pas de quatre ) ....................................................................... 234 3) Air de Ballet (Male Variation) ..................................................................... 236 4) Pas de Deux ( Adage des Amoureux )............................................................. 238 5) Air de Ballet (Pas de trois ) .......................................................................... 240 6) Alicia (Female Variation) ............................................................................ 246 7) Air de Ballet (Pas de six )............................................................................. 250 8) Finale ( Sortie des Promeneurs ).................................................................... 252 9) Grand Pas Classique ........................................................................................ 263 1) Pas de deux.................................................................................................. 263 2) Variation 1................................................................................................... 266 3) Variation 2................................................................................................... 262 4) Coda............................................................................................................ 270 LIST OF FIGURES Frontispiece: D.F.E. Auber. Portrait by Mme Haudebourt (1838) ............................. v Fig. 1 La Muette de Portici . Lise Noblet as Fenella ...............................................xiii Fig. 2 Fra Diavolo . Zoé Prévost as Zerline............................................................ xiv Fig. 3 Le Dieu et la Bayadère . Marie Taglioni as Zoloé........................................ xvii Fig. 4 Gustav III, ou Le Bal masqué . Costume design for the Masked Ball ............. xx Fig. 5 Le Lac des fées . Lise Noblet in the ballet...................................................xxiii Fig. 6 L’Enfant prodigue . Act 2. Nefté and Azaël................................................. xxv Fig. 7 Marco Spada . The famous set for the last scene......................................... xxix Fig. 8 Marco Spada . Domenico Segarelli as the bandit chief ................................ xxx Fig. 9 Le Cheval de bronze . Stage design for the ballet on Venus ........................ xxxi Fig. 10 From the Divertissement d’Auber .......................................................... xxxiii Fig. 11 Filippo Taglioni..................................................................................... xxxiv Figs. 12 & 13 Jean Coralli ................................................................................. xxxiv Fig. 14 Joseph Mazilier ..................................................................................... xxxv Fig. 15 Lucien Petipa.......................................................................................... xxxv Fig. 16 Arthur Saint-Léon................................................................................... xxxv INTRODUCTION Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (Caen 29 January 1782 - Paris 12/13 May 1871),
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