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Dance of the Hours from 'La Gioconda': Study score

Dance of the Hours from 'La Gioconda': Study score

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ISBN10: 1608742997
ISBN13: 9781608742998
Publisher: Serenissima Music Inc
Published: Sep 15 2022
Pages: 56
Weight: 0.34
Height: 0.12 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English

Dance of the Hours (Danza della ore) was composed for a ballet in the Act III finale to the 1876 opera La Gioconda. The scenario was a simple one: the depiction of the hours of the day using solo and ensemble dances. The opera was a major breakthrough for Ponchielli, and the third-act ballet soon became a favorite in the concert hall and as an independent ballet number. It's fame reached and entirely new level with its use as the background for a ballet-parody in the 1940 Disney film Fantasia, featuring dancing hippos, ostriches, alligators and elephants.

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