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[[Adolphe Adam]]'s ''[[Giselle]]'', still popular worldwide, was among the first ballet scores that featured specifics of modern ballet music, such as [[leitmotif]]s - recurring musical themes that accompany certain characters or situations throughout the whole piece. |
[[Adolphe Adam]]'s ''[[Giselle]]'', still popular worldwide, was among the first ballet scores that featured specifics of modern ballet music, such as [[leitmotif]]s - recurring musical themes that accompany certain characters or situations throughout the whole piece. |
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Music may be composed specially for a ballet. Distinguishing feature of the ballet music: it is the orientation on the emotional character and motility of dance movement, connection between scene activity. |
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But a choreographer usually chooses music that has been already composed and recorded. When choreographers select music, they think about what the music may say. |
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Ballet movements which are found by the balletmaster not always follow the music's rhythms exactly. These movements must correspond to the music's general character. One of the first ones, who put ballets not designed for the music on the scene, was Alexander Gorsky. |
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[http://www.dancemelody.com Source: DanceMelody.com] |
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[http://www.dancemelody.com/music/ballet-music-gorsky.php Full article] |
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== Famous ballet composers == |
== Famous ballet composers == |
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Revision as of 16:47, 6 July 2006
Ballet as musical form is a musical composition intended for ballet performance.
The same music can be used for several different ballet choreographies.
Until about the second half of the 19th century the role of music in ballet was secondary, with main emphasic being on dance, with music being a compilation of danceable tunes. Writing "ballet music" used to be a job for musical craftsmen, rather than for masters. For example, critics of Tchaikovsky mentioned his writing of ballet music as something demeaning.
Adolphe Adam's Giselle, still popular worldwide, was among the first ballet scores that featured specifics of modern ballet music, such as leitmotifs - recurring musical themes that accompany certain characters or situations throughout the whole piece.
Music may be composed specially for a ballet. Distinguishing feature of the ballet music: it is the orientation on the emotional character and motility of dance movement, connection between scene activity. But a choreographer usually chooses music that has been already composed and recorded. When choreographers select music, they think about what the music may say. Ballet movements which are found by the balletmaster not always follow the music's rhythms exactly. These movements must correspond to the music's general character. One of the first ones, who put ballets not designed for the music on the scene, was Alexander Gorsky.