The Spider’s Feast
E845000
The Spider’s Feast is a French ballet-pantomime by Albert Roussel that vividly depicts the miniature world of insects in a garden.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ballet
ⓘ
ballet-pantomime ⓘ orchestral suite ⓘ |
| basedOn | scenario by Gilbert de Voisins ⓘ |
| composer | Albert Roussel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Albert Roussel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
garden
ⓘ
insects ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
butterflies
ⓘ
dung beetles ⓘ mayfly ⓘ praying mantis ⓘ spider ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 1913 ⓘ |
| form | one-act ballet ⓘ |
| genre |
ballet
ⓘ
pantomime ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | concert suite ⓘ |
| hasChoreographicType | ballet-pantomime ⓘ |
| hasComposerNationality | French ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation | full orchestra ⓘ |
| hasPart |
finale
ⓘ
prelude ⓘ various insect dances ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
life and death in the insect world
ⓘ
nature observed at close range ⓘ predation ⓘ |
| intendedFor | stage performance ⓘ |
| isAmong | Albert Roussel’s early major works ⓘ |
| movementType | suite extracted from the ballet ⓘ |
| notableFor |
delicate and colorful orchestration
ⓘ
vivid orchestral depiction of insects ⓘ |
| orchestration | orchestra ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| period | early 20th century ⓘ |
| premieredAt | Théâtre des Arts, Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1913 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scenarist | Gilbert de Voisins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | garden ⓘ |
| style | early 20th-century French music ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | miniature world of insects ⓘ |
| titleInFrench | Le Festin de l’araignée NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workNumber | Op. 17 ⓘ |
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