Ballets

Op. 42 (1955)
Danse de Séléné
Ballet en 1 tableau. Argument de Pélissane
Version for orchestra :
2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 1 bassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, drums, piano, celesta, harp and string quintet

Duration : 20 mn
First performance :

Opéra d'Alger, 1959.
Conductor : Desaignes

Théâtre de Dijon, February 19th, 1961.
Conductor : Jef de Murel
Dancers : Monique Dornier, Henri Borg ; Choregraphy : Olga Chassaigne

Op. 42 - Danse de Séléné, suite symphonique (in "Symphonic orchestra")
Op. 42 bis - Danse de Séléné (reduction for piano)

- Unpublished
- Handwritten score available in the collection managed by the Association

digital recording available

Video on YouTube :

Op. 42 - Danse de Séléné
Ballet music

Argument by Pélissane

Op. 45 (1949)
Légende du Rhin
Ballet en 2 tableaux. Argument de Pélissane.

Orchestra :
3.3.3.2. - 4.4.3.1. timpani, drum, xylophone, triangle, castanets, basque drum, light drum, hanged cymbal, tom-tom, glock, cymbal, harp
Duration: 15 - 18 mn
First performance in concert :

Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, Paris, February 27th, 1949
Conductor : André Amellér

Orchestre des Concerts Colonne, Paris, November 20th, 1949
Conductor : Robert Blot

Op. 45 bis - Légende du Rhin, reduction for the piano.

- Unpublished
- Handwritten score available in the collection managed by the Association

Op. 55 bis (1951-1960)
Cyrnos
Opera in 3 acts
Text by Pélissane

Reduction for the piano (ballets for piano solo) :
- Divertissement dansé (Acte I),
- La Moresca (Acte II)

Opera (full version) :
- Op. 55 - Cyrnos (in Lyrical works)
Réduction pour piano :
- Op. 55 bis - Cyrnos, reduction for the piano (for piano solo) : Ouverture, Divertissement dansé (Acte I), La Moresca (Acte II)
- Op. 55 bis - Cyrnos, reduction for the piano (for piano and voices)

- Unpublished
- Handwritten score available in the collection managed by the Association

Op. 86 (1954)
Histoire d'un merle blanc
Argument of fairy-ballet, after a story by Alfred de Musset.
Score by André Amellér.
Scenario and cutting by Pierre Descaves and Pierre Rolland.
(3 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, bugle, 2 B-flat clarinets, 1 B-flat bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 2 bassinets, 4 F horn, 3 C trumpet, 2 trombones, tuba, soprano saxophone, piano, harp, strings, timpani, basque drum, military drum, triangle, snare drum, hanged cymbal, cymbals, bass drum, tom-tom, bells, xylophone, celesta, glockenspiel, woodblocks)

Fairy-ballet in 3 scenes :
- The scenes 1 and 2 are also used by "Les oiseaux du Vieux Paris"
- The scene 3 is the final of "l'histoire d'un merle blanc"

Score dated of 1953.

Op. 86 - Version for orchestra.

Op. 86 bis - Reduced version for piano.

- Unpublished
- Handwritten score available in the collection managed by the Association

Op. 139 bis (1962)
L'inconnue de la Seine
Ballet in 3 scenes
Story by Ferdinando Reyna

(stage orchestra and pit orchestra : piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 B-flat clarinets si bémol, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trompets, 2 B-flat cornets, 2 trombones, C tuba, strings, piano, harp, celesta, xylophone, basque drum, triangle, tom-tom, timpani, bass drum, cymbales)

Handwritten score dated : August 17^th, 1962, Echarvines (Haute-Savoie)

Op. 139 ter - Reduction for the piano

- Unpublished
- Handwritten score available in the collection managed by the Association

Reduction for piano available

Op. 155 (1963)
La guirlande de Vougeot
Realisation and transcription of the ballet-opera after Jean-Philippe Rameau

Ballet act
(2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons and strings)

Société des concerts du conservatoire
Conductor : André Amellér
Dijon, December 17^th, 1963

Orchestre de Bremerhaven
Conductor : André Amellér
Bremerhaven, Germany, May 3^rd and 4^th, 1964

- Unpublished
- Handwritten score available in the collection managed by the Association