Aleksandra Maksimova

“Count Castelli” by Ivan Walberch: Ballet to the Combined Music

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DOI 10.34690/88

Author Aleksandra E. Maksimova

Affiliation Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, Moscow, Russia

Email alexmaximova@mail.ru

ORCID

0000-0001-8360-9599

Abstract

The article presents I. Walberch’s ballet “Count Castelli” to the music of several authors: J. Sarti, V. Martin-y-Soler, S. Davydov. The problem of peculiarities of ballets for combined music is posed. The history of the creation and production of the composition is covered, the libretto of the composition and the plot of the ballet are found and studied. A rare source, a handwritten set of orchestral voices, is considered, the compositional plan of the ballet is restored. The authorship of Sarti and Martin-y-Soler in two ballet numbers is established, the initial sources of fragments are determined.

Keywords Russia, history, theater, ballet, J. Sarti, V. Martin-y-Soler, S. Davydov, I. Walberch

For citation

Maksimova, A. E. “‘Count Castelli’ by I. Walberch: Ballet to the combined music.” Muzykal’naya akademiya [Music Academy], no. 3, 2020, pp. 96–103, doi:10.34690/88. (In Russ.)