Letters from a Ballet-master: The Correspondence of Arthur Saint-Léon

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Dance Horizons, 1981 - Biography & Autobiography - 158 pages

Contents

Introduction
7
The Correspondence of SaintLéon 1 To an unknown correspondent 20 June 1843
37
To Benjamin Lumley August 1846
38
To Henri Duponchel 2 August 1847
39
To Henri Duponchel 10 August 1847
40
To Henri Duponchel 1 September 1847
41
To Eugène Deligny August 1848
42
Epigram 1850
43
To Charles Nuitter 6 October 1866
80
To Charles Nuitter 113 October 1866
81
To Charles Nuitter 1123 October 1866
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To Charles Nuitter 1830 October 1866
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To Charles Nuitter 23 October4 November 1866
86
To Charles Nuitter 517 November 1866
87
To Charles Nuitter 820 November 1866
90
To Charles Nuitter 1123 November 1866
91

To Leroy 17 December 1852
44
To Gabriele Yella c 1853
45
To G B Benelli 13 December 1854
47
To G B Benelli 10 February 1855
49
To G B Benelli 18 March 1855
50
To Léon Escudier 1 July 1858
52
To Charles Formelle 26 September 1858
53
To Emile Perrin 20 February4 March 1863
54
To H Jürgens November 1863
56
To David fils 26 January7 February 1864
57
To Alexandre M Borkh 20 February3 March 1864
58
To Alexandre M Borkh 28 February11 March 1864
59
To Alexandre M Borkh 16 June 1864
60
To Emile Perrin 30 December 186411 January 1865
61
To H Jürgens 1123 January 1865
62
To Mme Dominique 1830 November 1865
64
To Emile Perrin 23 December 18654 January 1866
67
To Emile Perrin 719 January 1866
69
To Emile Perrin 1729 January 1866
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To Emile Perrin 14 February 1866
71
To Alexandre M Borkh 15 June 1866
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To Charles Nuitter 30 August11 September 1866
76
To Charles Nuitter 1022 September 1866
78
To Alexandre M Borkh 24 November6 December 1866
93
To Charles Nuitter 25 November7 December 1866
95
To Charles Nuitter 113 December 1866
97
To Charles Nuitter 1830 December 1866
98
To Charles Nuitter 1830 January 1867
101
To Charles Nuitter 28 February12 March 1867
103
To Charles Nuitter 19 September1 October 1867
105
To Charles Nuitter 214 October 1867
106
To Charles Nuitter c September 1868
108
To Charles Nuitter 30 December 186811 January 1869
109
To Charles Nuitter 1426 September 1869
110
To Charles Nuitter 22 October3 November 1869
112
To Charles Nuitter 29 November11 December 1869
114
To Charles Nuitter 9 January 1870
117
To Charles Nuitter 618 January 1870
119
To Stepan A Guedeonov 921 January 1870
120
Notes
122
The Ballets of SaintLéon
143
Musical Compositions of SaintLéon
149
Provenance of the Letters
152
Index
153
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About the author (1981)

Ivor Forbes Guest was born in Chislehurst, Kent, England on April 20, 1920. As a lawyer, he became a senior partner at Tweedie and Prideaux. He was an authority on dance in the Napoleonic and Victorian eras. He wrote numerous books including Napoleon III in England, The Romantic Ballet in England, The Ballet of the Enlightenment, Ballet Under Napoleon, The Romantic Ballet in Paris, and The Ballet of the Second Empire. He wrote several biographies including Fanny Cerrito, Fanny Elssler, The Divine Virginia: The Biography of Virginia Zucchi, and Jules Perrot. His memoir, Adventures of a Ballet Historian: An Unfinished Memoir, was published in 1981. He contributed to the creation of Frederick Ashton's La Fille Mal Gardée. He received the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from France in 2000. He died on March 30, 2018 at the age of 97.

Bibliographic information

TitleLetters from a Ballet-master: The Correspondence of Arthur Saint-Léon
AuthorArthur Saint-Léon
EditorIvor Guest
Editionillustrated
PublisherDance Horizons, 1981
ISBN0871271230, 9780871271235
Length158 pages
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