Thursday, March 23, 2023

March 23 - Ludwig Minkus (The Musical Birthday Series, 5th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for March 23rd may be found here: Julius Reubke (2019), Arthur Farwell (2020), Anthony van Hoboken (2021), and Dave Frishberg; Dane Rudhyar (2022)

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Ludwig Minkus (23 March 1826 – 7 December 1917), was an Austrian composer of ballet music, a violin virtuoso and teacher. 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short and Sweet


Minkus plays a vital part

  In classical ballet,

La Bayadère and Don Quixote

  Still hold the stage today.

And that, my friends, is that –

  It’s all I have to say.

 

 

 

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