Description
A variation from the 'Kingdom of the Shades' scene in Act III of La Bayadère, one of ballet's most famous corps de ballet sequences. The music reflects the scene's ethereal, otherworldly atmosphere. Though under a minute long, it rewards careful attention to harmonic color and melodic flow.
Works written in theme-and-variations form, where a single melody is transformed in many different ways.
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Sheet music provided by Mutopia Project
About the Composer
Léon Minkus (1826-1917)
Léon Minkus (1826-1917) was an Austrian-born composer who worked primarily in Russia and Paris, specializing in ballet music. His best-known work, 'La Bayadère,' remains a staple of the classical ballet repertoire. This site includes four excerpts from that ballet.
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