La hija de Cólquide
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La hija de Cólquide is a ballet score composed by Carlos Chávez in 1943–44 on commission from the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation for Martha Graham. The title refers to the mythological characte
Medea, 1868 painting by Frederick Sandys
Carlos Chávez in 1937
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
Martha Graham (with Bertram Ross), 1961
Hérodiade (ballet)
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Hérodiade de Stéphane Mallarmé: Recitation orchestrale is a composition by Paul Hindemith written in June 1944 on commission from Martha Graham, supported by funds from the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
La hija de Cólquide
…scheduled for 30 December 1944, coupled with two other new ballets to newly commissioned scores, Imagined Wing to Darius Milhaud's Jeux du printemps and Hérodiade to a score of the same title by Paul Hindemith. Although Graham herself followed through with the plan to choreograph Chávez's score, the combined…
Paul Hindemith in the 1940s