Composer
Ludwig Minkus
Austrian composer and violinist (1826–1917)
1826–1917
6 works in the index
- Born
- 1826
- Died
- 1917
- Birthplace
- Vienna
- Citizenship / historical state
- Austrian Empire
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Romantic
Biography
Many of the basic facts of the life of Ludwig Minkus are subject to dispute. He may have been born in Grossmeseritsch, in what is now the Czech Republic, for example: or he may have been born in Vienna, Austria.
Likewise he may have helped Edouard Deldevez write the score of the ballet Paquita, which debuted in Paris in 1846. Or perhaps he did not, and that first version of Paquita was Deldevezâ alone. In either event, Minkus wrote additional material for Paquita (the story in dance of a gypsy girl in Spain during the Napoleonic wars) for an 1847 production in St. Petersburg.
By 1853 he was an orchestra conductor in the employ of Prince Nikolai Yusupov, and he was thereafter an integral part of the scene in those musically fertile final decades of Czarism.
Perhaps his greatest contribution to ballet music was his Don Quixote, first performed at the Bolshoi in 1869.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano, Orchestra
- Genres represented
- Classical
- Works with composition dates
- 3 of 6
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Works
Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.
| Work | Year composed | Catalogue / opus | Key in title | Listed instruments | Genre | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrance Of Kitri And Basilio (Don Quixote) | — | — | — | Piano | — | 8 |
| Don Quixote | 1869; rev. 1871IMSLP | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Nuit et jour | 1882IMSLP | — | — | Piano | — | 1 |
| La Source | 1866IMSLP | — | — | Orchestra | — | 1 |
| Entrance Of Kitri And Basilio | — | — | — | Piano | — | 1 |
| Entrance Of Kitri And Basilio Performed by Leon Minkus | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | — |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 17408243. Portrait: Bruno Braquehais, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.