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- Georges Auric, Marcel Delannoy, Pierre-Octave Ferroud, Jacques Ibert, Darius Milhaud, Francis Poulenc, Maurice Ravel, Alexis Roland-Manuel, Albert Roussel and Florent Schmitt
L’Eventail de Jeanne (1929)
(Ballet in one act)- Heugel (World)
- 3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/timp.4perc/2hp.cel/str
- 30 min
Programme Note
L’Eventail de Jeanne is a collaborative work by ten French composers, each of whom contributed a stylised dance in classic form. "Jeanne" refers to a Parisian hostess and patroness of the arts, Jeanne Dubost, who ran a childrens’ ballet school. In the spring of 1927 she asked ten of her composer friends to compose a little dance for her pupils. The children were dressed in fairy-tale costumes and the decor was enlivened by a set designed with mirrors. In June 1927 a private performance with a piano transcription took place at Jeanne Dubost’s studio. The world premiere of the full version took place on 4 March 1929 at Opéra de Paris.