Name: Swan Lake
ISBN: 9780735843295

Swan Lake

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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With flash, the lake was based in a shimmering light, and before him stood the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. "I am the Swan Queen," she said. "I am the swan that you tried to kill."

A prince's love for a swan queen breaks an evil spell in this fairy tale adaptation of the beloved ballet written by Tchaikovsky

Swan Lake is perhaps the best-loved ballet of all time. Hans Christian Andersen Medal-winner Lisbeth Zwerger brings her singular vision to a glorious picture-book adaptation of the haunting story of an enchanted swan princess. She has based her version on Tchaikovsky's original 1877 ballet, which had a happy ending, unlike the later, better-known, 1893 version. Her illustrations, luminous, lyrical, filled with grace and beauty, evoke the brilliance of the ballet and the universal appeal of this beloved fairy tale.

Book Details

Publisher: Northsouth Books
Publish Date: Nov 6th, 2018
Pages: 32
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 10.70in - 8.80in - 0.40in - 0.85lb
EAN: 9780735843295
Recommended age: 04-08
Categories: • Fairy Tales & Folklore - Adaptations• Performing Arts - Dance• Animals - Birds

About the Author

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer whose music is among the most popular of its period. Tchaikovsky was thirty-one years old when he wrote a one-act fairy-tale dance piece. He wrote it for the children of his sister, Alexandra Davydova, and named it Swan Lake. Four years later, he received a commission from the Moscow Theater to make a ballet of the same title.

Zwerger, Lisbeth: - Lisbeth Zwerger has been accorded nearly every prize that can be given, including the highest international award for lifetime achievement, the Hans Christian Andersen Medal. Since 1981 she has devoted her extraordinary talents to children's literature, to stories as charming and picturesque as her native Vienna. Always surprising, always engaging, her artwork combines technical mastery with an insight and gentleness so rare and captivating that she has been correctly called one of the finest illustrators of the twentieth century.

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7 May 1840. Legendary composer, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, was born in Votkinsk, Russia. His best known musical works are the 1812 Overture, and his ballets, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, and Sleeping Beauty. https://t.co/8G2UVoNld2

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. . . With her retelling of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake," Zwerger has found her own extraordinary voice. . . . This book is a marvel.-- "New York Times Book Review"

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