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André Messager:- Les Deux Pigeons Ballet Suite (1886)

Bawoo 2017. 2. 2. 20:46

André Messager

head and shoulder shot of an elderly bald man with a large moustache

(1853 – 1929 / 철종 4년-일제 19년, 76세) was a French composer, organist, pianist, conductor and

administrator. His stage compositions included ballets and 30 opéra comiques and operettas, among which Véronique had lasting success, with Les p'tites Michu and Monsieur Beaucaire also enjoying

international success. (프랑스 작곡가,오르간, 파아니스트, 지휘자 겸 행정가. 발레음악 포함 코믹 오페라 및 오페레타 30곡. 이 중 Véronique 는  , 국제적인 성공을 거둔  Les p'tites Michu and Monsieur Beaucaire 와 함께 지속적인 성공을 거두었다.)



 Les Deux Pigeons Ballet Suite (1886)  

Les Deux pigeons is a ballet originally choreographed in two acts by Louis Mérante to music by André Messager. The libretto by Mérante and Henri de Régnier is based on the fable The Two Pigeons by Jean de la Fontaine. The work was first performed at the Paris Opéra on 18 October 1886. Frederick Ashton later created a new ballet to Messager's music under the title The Two Pigeons. (Ref: Wikipedia)