Lithurgie : manuscript, [ca. 1915?-1952].

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Lithurgie : manuscript, [ca. 1915?-1952].

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Notebook with autograph manuscript dance notations and stage directions for the Massine's unstaged ballet for Ballets Russes, Liturgie (1915) and his later ballet Laudes Evangelii (1952). Includes drawings in ink by Leonide Massine. Drawings bear resemblance to the designs for Liturgie by Natalii︠a︡ Goncharova.

1 notebook (50 leaves) ; 33 cm.

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