Ludwig Minkus
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Ludwig Minkus, also known as Léon Fyodorovich Minkus, was an Austrian composer of ballet music, a violinist and teacher of music.
Maestro Ludwig Minkus, photographed by Bruno Braquehais. Paris, c. 1870.
Ekaterina Geltzer and Vassily Tikhomirov (center) with corps de ballet in Alexander Gorsky's revival of Minkus's Le Poisson doré for the Bolshoi Theatre; Moscow, 1903.
Soloists and corps de ballet in Alexander Gorsky's revival of Minkus's Le Poisson doré for the Bolshoi Theatre; Moscow, 1903.
Act I/scene 1 of La Bayadère. In the center is Mathilde Kschessinskaya as Nikiya. St. Petersburg, 1900.
The Sacrifices to Cupid
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The Sacrifices to Cupid is a "grand ballet" in 1 Act/1 scene with choreography by Marius Petipa and music by Ludwig Minkus.
The Corps de Ballet of the Imperial Ballet in Lev Ivanov's revival of the Petipa/Minkus The Sacrifices to Cupid. St. Petersburg, 1893