Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
ballet , 4.
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Examples
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Israelites and the pompous and warlike ones of the Philistines, the exquisite love-song of Samson and Delila, and last but not least the charming ballet-music, with its truly Eastern character entitle the opera to rank amongst the very best of the past century.
The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas Charles Annesley
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Haymarket -- of course people _will_ talk -- why she's nothing to the girls who dance to M. JACOBI's inimitable ballet-music at the
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 21, 1891 Various
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Loomis has an especial aptitude for writing artistic ballet-music, and for composing in the tone of different nationalities, particularly the
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The Frenchman Herold, son of a good musician, made ballet-music artistic while he paced the dance of death with consumption, and died in his forty-second year, a month after his masterpiece, “Le Pre aux Clercs,” had been produced and had wrung from him the wail: “I am going too soon; I was just beginning to understand the stage.”
The Love Affairs of Great Musicians Hughes, Rupert, 1872-1956 1903
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His first great triumph was in ballet-music, which has ever since been his specialty.
The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers 1876
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The Frenchman Hérold, son of a good musician, made ballet-music artistic while he paced the dance of death with consumption, and died in his forty-second year, a month after his masterpiece, "Le Pré aux
The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2 Rupert Hughes 1914
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