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Legend of the Nile (Egyptian Love Legend, Op. 26

Composer
Takács Jenő
Original / Hungarian title
Nílusi legenda (Ägyptische Liebeslegende), Op. 26
Foreign language / English title
Legend of the Nile (Egyptian Love Legend, Op. 26
Year of composition
1939
Type
Ballet / Choreographic work
Duration
40 min
Premiere information
1940, Duisburg, Germany (first - 40 min. - version)
1940, Budapest (second - 30 min. - version)
Publisher / Source
Universal Edition, Vienna (first version)
MS. (second version)
Remarks, other info
Ballet in three acts on the novel "One Night of Cleopatra" by Théophil Gautier, arranged for the stage by Klára Tüdös

Composed: 1938 - 1939