Nuits d'Egypte Anton Stepanowitsch Arensky / Arr. Marcel Baars

Titel / Title: Nuits d'Egypte
Untertitel / Subtitle: Suite tirée du ballet
Herausgeber / Publisher: Baton Music
Instrumentation: concert band
Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen
Serie / Series: Baton Music orchestral series
Suite tirée du ballet

Russian composer Anton Arensky (1861-1906) composed his ballet Nuits d'Egypte, based on Théophile Gautier's novella Une nuit de Cléopatre, in 1900. The ballet was programmed by Serge Diaghilev at his Paris Saisons Russes wich became a great success. The suite from this ballet was first published in 1902 and consists of seven movements: I Ouverture II Danse d'Arsinoé et des esclaves III Danse des Juives IV Danse des Ghazies V Charmeuse des serpents VI Pas de deux VII Entrée solennelle d'Antoine. Dutch arranger Marcel Baars transcribed the entire suite for Symphonic Wind Orchestra.