Anton Simon. Gudula's Daughter. Mimodrama with Dances by Alexander Gorsky. Piano score + Analytics

The book is in Russian

Anton Simon composed the music for the 1902 mimodrama Gudula's Daughter, which was the first independent work by choreographer A. A. Gorsky, and it marked a significant moment where Gorsky's reformist ideas were fully expressed. Simon, originally from Paris, had moved to Russia in 1871 to work.

The current edition is devoted to the mime drama Gudula's Daughter, one of the most important productions by Alexander Alexeevich Gorsky (1871-1924), the Moscow ballet master. It was first shown in 1902 and, despite the fact that it quickly disappeared from stage, it remained in the Russian ballet history not only as the first innovative work of its author, but also as a kind of a starting point for transformations in the Russian choreographic theater. Two parts of this unique edition complement each other and are at the same time of independent interest. The piano score of the mime drama is published for the first time, the study provides a brief history of the creation and stage life of the production and analyzes in detail the music of the Gudula's Daughter, that part of the performance that can continue to exist regardless of the time that has passed since the premiere. The edition will be of interest to ballet theorists and practitioners, musicologists, culture experts and all the music theater lovers.