Tag Archives: Tchaikovsky

Music, time and politics in the ballet studio

Posted on December 11, 2021 12:02 pm by Jonathan Still

Just published online, my chapter in the Oxford Handbook of Time in Music, “The politics of musical time in the everyday life of ballet dancers.” Continue reading →

Posted in Musicology | Tagged Music, Musicology, Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker, Verdi, ballet, ballet accompaniment, hypermeter, meter | Leave a comment

A year of ballet playing cards #51 (DQ): A coda medley

Posted on February 17, 2021 4:01 pm by Jonathan Still

What is a coda in ballet? Here are 10 pages of codas, and links to seven famous ballet codas you have to know. Continue reading →

Posted in A Year of Ballet Playing Cards, Free sheet music for ballet class, Playing for ballet class | Tagged Le Corsaire, Minkus, Tchaikovsky, ballet music, codas, fouettés, playing for ballet, playing for ballet class | 8 Comments

Brahms, Tchaikovsky and the polysemic hairpin

Posted on November 24, 2020 6:41 pm by Jonathan Still

Following on from an earlier post about Tchaikovsky’s hairpins, today I learned about the Brahmsian hairpin too. Continue reading →

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More background on the party scene song in The Nutcracker

Posted on November 2, 2020 7:58 pm by Jonathan Still

Since writing about Bon Voyage Cher Dumollet nine years ago, I’ve found out a lot more. Here are some sources. Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Musicology, Playing for ballet class | Tagged Basque dance, Bon voyage monsieur dumollet, Folk song, La clé du caveau, Musical borrowings, Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky, Timbres, ballet music | Leave a comment

Tamara Karsavina on music

Posted on July 4, 2020 9:35 pm by Jonathan Still

In “Theatre Street,” Karsavina makes several references to the soundworld of her dance training and rehearsal. Here is a collection of them. Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, Music, Playing for ballet class, Top pages | Tagged Cecchetti, Fokine, Legat, Lydia Lopokova, Tamara Karsavina, Tchaikovsky, ballet accompaniment, ballet class accompaniment, ballet music, mechanical instruments, pochette | 1 Comment

Nureyev’s Siegfried solo in the White Swan pas de deux

Posted on April 10, 2020 5:06 pm by Jonathan Still

Maybe I’ve just led a sheltered ballet life, but after 30+ years of playing for more rehearsals and casts of the white swan pas de deux from Swan Lake Act II than I can remember, I was astounded the other day … Continue reading →

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