Diaghilev : a life / Sjeng Scheijen ; translated by Jane Hedley-Prôle and S.J. Leinbach.

Main entry:

Scheijen, Sjeng.

Title & Author:

Diaghilev : a life / Sjeng Scheijen ; translated by Jane Hedley-Prôle and S.J. Leinbach.

Publication:

Description:

vii, 552 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Notes:
Originally published in Dutch as: Sergej Diaghilev : een leven voor de kunst. Amsterdam : Bert Bakker, 2009.
Translation originally published: London : Profile, 2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Big head, 1872-1880 -- Fruits of enlightenment, 1879-1890 -- Rise and fall, 1890-1891 -- Student years : a visit to Tolstoy, 1891-1893 -- Student years : Alexandre Benois, 1890-1894 -- "Serge Diaguileff Museum" : St. Petersburg, Rome, Genoa, Paris, 1894-1896 -- Charlatan and charmer, 1895-1898 -- "I'm full of big plans!", 1897-1898 -- World of art, 1898-1900 -- Sylvia debacle, 1900-1902 -- Hour of reckoning, 1902-1905 -- "Homosexual clique", 1906-1907 -- Tsar Boris and Tsar Sergey, 1907-1908 -- Rise of the Ballets Russes, 1908-1909 -- Bakst and the art of seduction, 1909-1910 -- Emergence of a genius, 1910-1911 -- Petrushka, 1911-1912 -- Year of risky experiments, 1912-1913 -- Time of troubles, 1913-1914 -- "Let us be resolute and energetic", 1914-1915 -- Parade of revolutions, 1915-1917 -- Letter from Nouvel, 1917-1919 -- To the brink of catastrophe, 1919-1922 -- Lifeline from Monte Carlo, 1922-1924 -- Soviet Union strikes back, 1924-1927 -- Final curtain, 1928-1929.

Summary:

A biography of impresario Serge Diaghilev, founder of the Ballets Russes, covering his childhood, his career in the art worlds of cities across Europe, his homosexuality, his friendships, and his contributions to twentieth-century arts.

ISBN:

0199751498 : HRD
9780199751495 : HRD
9780199891788
0199891788

Subject:

Diaghilev, Serge, 1872-1929.
Ballet dancers Russia Biography.
Impresarios Russia Biography.
Danseurs de ballet Russie Biographies.
Ballet dancers.
Impresarios.
Russia.

Form/genre:

Biographies.

Added entries:

Scheijen, Sjeng. Sergej Diaghilev. English.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 270746
Call No.: BIB 203584
Status: Available

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