DIAGHILEV, Serge.

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Souvenir - Serge de Diaghileff's Ballet Russe. An original 1916 souvenir tour programme, published by the Metropolitan Ballet Company for the first, and only, American tour of the Ballets Russes. Superbly illustrated, it contains brief introductions to the repertoire: Le Pavillon D'Armide; L'Oiseau De Feu; Les Sylphides and Papillons; Le Spectre de la Rose; Narcisse; Schéhérazade; Sadko; Thamar; Le Carnaval of Schumann; Prince Igor; Petrouchka; Snégourotchka; Daphnis et Chloé;'L'Après-Midi d'un Faune; Le Dieu Bleu; and Cléopâtre. Diaghilev's carte de visite is loosely inserted.This copy comes from the collection of Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, whose posthumous bookplate is included.

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