Valse Triste

E742458

Valse Triste is a ballet choreographed by Peter Martins, set to Jean Sibelius’s melancholic waltz of the same name.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Valse triste 1

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ballet
artForm ballet
associatedChoreographer Peter Martins NERFINISHED
associatedComposer Jean Sibelius NERFINISHED
balletCompany New York City Ballet NERFINISHED
balletMaster Peter Martins NERFINISHED
basedOn Valse triste NERFINISHED
choreographer Peter Martins NERFINISHED
choreographyStyle classical ballet vocabulary
neoclassical style
composerOfScore Jean Sibelius NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre neoclassical ballet
hasChoreographicFocus atmosphere
emotional tone
musicality
hasKeyConcept dance interpretation of Sibelius’s Valse triste
hasMood lyrical
melancholic
somber
hasMusicalForm waltz
hasTitle Valse Triste NERFINISHED
intendedFor ballet stage
languageOfTitle French
movementType waltz
music Valse triste, Op. 44, No. 1 NERFINISHED
musicCatalogueNumber Op. 44, No. 1
musicOriginallyComposedFor incidental music to Kuolema
musicStyle late Romantic
namedAfter Valse triste NERFINISHED
originalCompany New York City Ballet NERFINISHED
originalMusicYear 1903
performanceMedium dancers and orchestra
subjectMatter death
melancholy
nostalgia
titleLanguageMeaning melancholic waltz
titleTranslation Sad Waltz NERFINISHED
usesExistingMusic true
workType stage work

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jean Sibelius notableWork Valse Triste
this entity surface form: Valse triste
Peter Martins notableWork Valse Triste