- Dukas composed L’apprenti sorcier, Symophonic Scherzo after Goethe, in 1897.
- The piece was inspired by Der Zauberlehrling by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
- Dukas conducted the premiere of this piece himself, in a concert by the Société Nationale on May 18, 1897.
- In 1916, Michel Fokine choreographed this piece as a ballet for the Ballets Russes.1
Sources
- Manuela Schwartz and G.W. Hopkins, “Dukas, Paul,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed February 23, 2021, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000008282.
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