The list of lists
I’ve just added a new page (under the ‘Writings’ menu item) which is a list of lists of my previous posts by theme. Highly recommended if you want to navigate…
A list of ballet music surprises
Another list-on-a-page post – this time, it’s a collection of my 2009 Advent Calendar posts which were ‘musical surprises’ from the world of ballet music. The ‘surprises’ are probably one…
And ANOTHER French song in the Nutcracker
Remember yesterday I said that the middle (6/8) section of Mère Gigogne in The Nutcracker just ‘had to be’ a French song? Well, I’ve found it, thanks to a post by…
Yet another French song in The Nutcracker
I don’t know how I could have left this out of my ‘borrowings in the Nutcracker’ posts. The opening tune of Mère Gigogne is the French nursery rhyme Giroflé girofla. The 6/8 tune in…
100 (or rather 32) tips for working with ballet pianists
Seven years ago, inspired by several books with a title like ‘200 tips for teachers’, I thought I’d do a series of posts in the category ‘100 tips for working…
Music for ballet class, circa 1921
Kosloff's "Russian Ballet Technique, as Taught", published in 1921, contains a one-page guide to matching appropriate music to exercises in a typical ballet class of the day. For teachers and…