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Terpsichore is the title of a large collection of dance tunes collected by Michael Praetorius, some originating with Pierre-Francisque Caroubel and some later adapted for wind ensemble by Bob Margolis. Terpsichore is also found in François Couperin's "Second Ordre" from the Pièces de clavecin.
Terpsichore, or Terpsichore, Musarum Aoniarum, is a compendium of more than 300 instrumental dances published in 1612 by the German composer Michael Praetorius. The collection takes its name from the muse of dance. In his introduction Praetorius takes credit for arranging the music rather than composing the tunes.
The Terpsichore from Dodona (Greek: Τερψιχόρη της Δωδώνης) is a Greek marble statue under lifesize depicting Terpsichore, the Greek goddess of dance, created around the second century BC.
Terpsichore, a compendium of more than 300 instrumental dances is his most widely known and recorded work today; it is his sole surviving secular work from a projected multi-volume collection (Musae Aioniae). [12]
A figure of the sculpture is included alongside figures of ballet dancers in attitude. Blasis' pupils were expected to copy, memorize, and embody the figures in The Code of Terpsichore. [2] While The Code of Terpsichore was generally seen as the proper approach to ballet, Michel Fokine contested the strict use ballet's form and mechanics. He ...
The term is an eponym for Terpsichore, the Greek muse of dramatic chorus and dance. [1] [2] The term, still in use, was more common from the 1930s to the 1970s by dance professionals and music entertainment industry magazines, including Billboard, which uses the terms "terp" and "terpsichore" (lower case "t"), interchangeably.
Il Pastor Fido, with the newly composed prologue Terpsichore, opened his new season there. It is the only example of a Handel opera with a prologue, and is patterned on the similar extended prologues in the works of Jean-Philippe Rameau, blending operatic arias, choruses, and dancing.
Marie-Adrienne Chameroy (1779 – 25 October 1802) was a French dancer who performed at the Paris Opera.. She was born in Paris and studied dance with Pierre Gardel.She made her debut in the ballet Psyché in February 1796, performing the role of Terpsichore, the muse of dance. [1]