Ludwig Minkus
Don Quixote: Pas De Deux
Ludwig Minkus
Don Quixote: Pas De Deux
- Instrumentation Orchestra
- Composer Ludwig Minkus
- Editor William McDermott
- Series Kalmus Ballet Library
- Edition Score
- Publisher Edwin F. Kalmus
- Order no. K-A889001
Description:
Ludwig Minkus (1826-1917) was a Jewish-Austian composer of ballet music, spending most of his career as the official Composer of Ballet Music to the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres in Russia. Over the course of a long career, one of his most celebrated compositions was the score for DON QUIXOTE, originally written in 1869 with four acts for famed choreographer Marius Petipa, then expanded in 1871 into five acts. This "Pas de Deux" has been orchestrated by William McDermott. Instrumentation in set: 2(2dPicc).2.2.2: 4.2.3.0: Timp.Perc(2): Hp: Str (4-4-3-3-3).