Baiser de la fée, Le

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Baiser de la fée, Le (The Fairy's Kiss). Ballet in 1 act by Stravinsky, mus. based on pf. pieces and songs by Tchaikovsky with linking passages by Stravinsky in Tchaikovsky's vein. Orch. 1928, rev. 1950. Scenario based on Andersen's Ice Maiden. Choreog. Nijinskaya. Prod. Paris 1928; London with choreog. by Ashton 1935. A Divertimento arr. from Le Baiser de la Fée was comp. 1934, rev. 1949.

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