Dates
- Creation: 1912-1989
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English, Russian, and French.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Extent
18 linear feet (43 boxes and 3 pf drawers)Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by the name of composer.
Physical Location
b, HD
General note
This series includes printed and manuscript scores for ballets by various composers mainly related to Ballets Russes repertory. Scores of Sleeping beauty, Le lac des cygnes, Gods go a-begging, and Romeo and Juliet came in oversized folders labeled in the hand of the director of Ballets Russes Sergei Leonidovich Grigoriev. The folders were separated and transferred to the curatorial file for the collection. Manuscript scores contain numerous pencil annotations, notes on dates and places of performance, caricatures, and doodles by musicians and other members of the company.
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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