Diaghilev : a life /: a life. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Sergej Diaghilev.
• Further Information: Note: Sjeng Scheijen.
• Other Names: Scheijen, Sjeng
• Contents: Introduction : Death in Venice -- A big head, 1872-1880 -- The fruits of enlightenment, 1879-1890 -- Rise and fall, 1890-1891 -- Student years : a visit to Tolstoy, 1891-1893 -- Student years : Alexandre Benois, 1890-1894 -- 'The Serge Diaguileff Museum' : St. Petersburg, Rome, Genoa, Paris, 1894-1896 -- Charlatan and charmer, 1895-1998 -- 'I'm full of big plans!', 1897-1898 -- The world of art, 1898-1900 -- The Sylvia debacle, 1900-1902 -- The hour of reckoning, 1902-1905 -- The 'homosexual clique', 1906-1907 -- Tsar Boris and Tsar Sergey, 1907-1908 -- The rise of the Ballets Russes, 1908-1909 -- Bakst and the art of seduction, 1909-1910 -- Emergence of a genius, 1910-1911 -- Petrushka, 1911-1912 -- Prelude to a scandel, 1911-1912 -- A year of risky experiments, 1912-1913 -- Time of troubles, 1913-1914 -- 'Let us be resolute and energetic', 1914-1915 -- A parade of revolutions, 1915-1917 -- A letter from Nouvel, 1917-1919 -- To the brink of catastrophe, 1919-1922 -- A lifeline from Monte Carlo, 1922-1924 -- The Soviet Union strikes back, 1924-1927 -- The final curtain, 1928-1929.
• Publisher Details: London : Profile
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (vii, 552 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 792.80232092; Ballet -- Production and direction -- Russia -- History -- 19th century; Impresarios -- Russia -- Biography; Ballet -- Production and direction; Impresarios; Intellectual life; Biography; Russia (Federation) -- Intellectual life -- 1801-1917; Russia; Russia (Federation); Electronic books; Biographies; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847652454
• Related ISBNs: 184765245X; 1846681642; 9781846681646; 9781846681417; 1846681413
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 505-517) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.