Georges Auric (1899-1983), Phèdre, manuscript score of the ballet staged with Serge Lifar (choreography) and Jean Cocteau (text, curtain, stage set and costumes) in 1950. 25 autograph pages of scenes 6 to 9, notes and staves written in black ink, liaisons and nuances in blue ink, the text in pink ink. With a signed envoi by the composer to S.Lifar, dated 6 March 1971: "For Serge after all these years with my joy at re-discovering with him our Phèdre His old friend Georges Auric (...)". Also included by the same author published by Heugel: Les matelots and La Pastorale
Georges Auric (1899-1983), Phèdre, manuscript score of the ballet staged with Serge Lifar (choreography) and Jean Cocteau (text, curtain, stage set and costumes) in 1950. 25 autograph pages of scenes 6 to 9, notes and staves written in black ink, liaisons and nuances in blue ink, the text in pink ink. With a signed envoi by the composer to S.Lifar, dated 6 March 1971: "For Serge after all these years with my joy at re-discovering with him our Phèdre His old friend Georges Auric (...)". Also included by the same author published by Heugel: Les matelots and La Pastorale
Provenance
The Countes Lillan Ahlefledt-Laurvig and Serge Lifar's estate