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Les Patineurs ("The Ice Skaters", in German "Der Schlittschuhläufer-Walzer"), Op. 183, is a waltz by Émile Waldteufel. Rink of Skaters at the Bois de Boulogne (painted by Renoir, 1868) It was composed in 1882, inspired by the cercle des patineurs (rink of skaters) at the Bois de Boulogne in Paris. The introduction to the waltz can be likened ...
A biography of the Waldteufel family by Andrew Lamb (Skaters' Waltz: The Story of the Waldteufels) was published in 1995. His waltz Dolorès, Op. 170 (1880) was the basis for the Russian romance Honey, do you hear me (Russian: «Милая, ты услышь меня»). [citation needed]
André Léon Marie Nicolas Rieu (Dutch: [ˈɑndreː riˈjøː], French: [ɑ̃dʁe ʁjø]; born 1 October 1949) is a Dutch violinist and conductor best known for creating the waltz-playing Johann Strauss Orchestra.
March 5 – Pauline Donalda, operatic soprano (d. 1970) [2] March 18 – Gian Francesco Malipiero, composer and musicologist (d. 1973) March 24 – Gino Marinuzzi, conductor and composer (d. 1945) April 4 – Mary Howe, composer and pianist (d. 1964) April 17 – Artur Schnabel, pianist (d. 1951) April 18 – Leopold Stokowski, conductor (d. 1977)
A section from Johann Strauss' Waltz from Die Fledermaus. A waltz, [a] probably deriving from German Ländler, is dance music in triple meter, often written in 3 4 time.A waltz typically sounds one chord per measure, and the accompaniment style particularly associated with the waltz is (as seen in the example to the right) to play the root of the chord on the first beat, the upper notes on the ...
Les Patineurs (French, literally The Skaters) may refer to: Les Patineurs (ballet) , a ballet arranged by Constant Lambert from music by Giacomo Meyerbeer Les Patineurs (waltz) , a waltz by Émile Waldteufel
Les Patineurs (The Skaters) is a ballet choreographed by Frederick Ashton to music composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer and arranged by Constant Lambert.With scenery and costumes designed by William Chappell, it was first presented by the Vic-Wells Ballet at the Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, on 16 February 1937. [1]
In 1990, at age 16, attending the Florida fiddling championships, and competing, Haynie won first place in the contemporary division for the second time, playing Wild Fiddler's Rag and Skater's Waltz. [2] In August 1996 Haynie lost two violins and a bow, when a lightning-induced fire burnt Tim Austin's Doobie Shea Studios to the ground. [3] [4]