Les Noces is a Russian language ballet cantata by Igor Stravinsky, scored unusually for four vocal soloists, chorus, percussion and four pianos. Stravinsky dedicated the work to the impresario Sergei Diaghilev and described it as choreographed Russian scenes with singing and music, depicting the ritual of a traditional Russian peasant wedding. Although written in Russian, it remains best known worldwide under its French title.
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Year CreatedCompleted in short score in 1917; Stravinsky settled on the final scoring only in 1923, in time for the premiere in Paris on 13 June that year. MediumBallet-cantata for four vocal soloists, chorus, percussion and four pianos 1 Medium
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WikipediaLead section, first paragraph
Les noces (The Wedding, or Svadebka (Russian: Свадебка)), is a Russian-language ballet-cantata by Igor Stravinsky scored unusually for four vocal soloists, chorus, percussion and four pianos.
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Les noces was completed in 1917 but was then subjected to a series of changes of heart by Stravinsky regarding its scoring; he settled on the above forces only in 1923, in time for the premiere in Paris on 13 June that year under conductor Ernest Ansermet and danced by the Ballets Russes to choreography by Bronislava Nijinska.
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Les noces (The Wedding, or Svadebka (Russian: Свадебка)), is a Russian-language ballet-cantata by Igor Stravinsky scored unusually for four vocal soloists, chorus, percussion and four pianos.
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Les noces was completed in 1917 but was then subjected to a series of changes of heart by Stravinsky regarding its scoring; he settled on the above forces only in 1923, in time for the premiere in Paris on 13 June that year under conductor Ernest Ansermet and danced by the Ballets Russes to choreography by Bronislava Nijinska.
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Les noces (The Wedding, or Svadebka (Russian: Свадебка)), is a Russian-language ballet-cantata by Igor Stravinsky scored unusually for four vocal soloists, chorus, percussion and four pianos. Dedicating the work to impresario Serg
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