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Title of the work

The Invitation

Composer
Seiber Mátyás
Original / Hungarian title
The Invitation
Foreign language / English title
The Invitation
Subtitle
Ballet in five scenes
Year of composition
1960
Type
Ballet / Choreographic work
Instrumentation
2 fl. (II anche picc.), 2 ob. (I anche c.ing.), 2 cl. (II anche cl.b.), 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp., perc(3-5 esec - campli, xil., vibr., trg, 3 ptti., ptto.sosp., gong, bongo, 2 tmb.picc.c.c., 3 tom-tom, gr.c., tmb.mlt., cas., claves, wood bl., temple bl., slapstick) - arpa, pf. (anche cel.) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
56 min
Movements, parts
I - II - III - IV - V
Premiere information
10 November 1960, New Theatre Oxford, United Kingdom; Royal Ballet Touring Company: Lynn Seymour, Christopher Gable, Shirley Bishop, Barbara Remington, Sheila Humphrey, Anne Heaton, Desmond Doyle

30 December 1960, Royal Opera House, London, United Kingdom; Royal Ballet Touring Company: Lynn Seymour, Christopher Gable, Shirley Bishop, Barbara Remington, Sheila Humphrey, Anne Heaton, Desmond Doyle
Publisher / Source
Schott Music Ltd., London (Material on hire)
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Remarks, other info
Original choreography by Kenneth MacMillan (Story based on Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette’s "Le Blé en Herbe" and Beatriz Guido´s "The House of the Angel"

Last work of Mátyás Seiber