John Lanchbery

John Lanchbery (May 15, 1923–February 27, 2003) was an English composer, famous for his ballet arrangements.

Works

The demand for ballets is much greater than the amount of first-class music designed for the art form. The result is that some of the most popular ballets are arrangements of works written for a different purpose. Perhaps the best-known is Alexander Grechaninov's arrangement of Chopin's piano music into the ballet Les Sylphides. Another famous example is La Boutique Fantasque, an arrangement of Gioacchino Rossini's music, by Ottorino Respighi in 1919. However the most prolific arranger of music for ballet was John Lanchbery.

Related Topics:
Alexander Grechaninov - Chopin - La Boutique Fantasque - Gioacchino Rossini - Ottorino Respighi

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A simple list gives some idea of his influence:

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• Title - original composer
• Designs with strings - Tchaikovsky
• Somnambulism - Stan Kenton
• House of Birds - Frederico Mompou
• La Fille Mal Gardé - Ferdinand Herold
• The Dream - Felix Mendelssohn
• Monotones - Erik Satie
• Don Quixote - Leon Minkus
• Tales of Beatrix Potter - Lanchbery
• The Tales of Hoffman - Jacques Offenbach
• A Month in the Country - Chopin
• Mayerling - Franz Liszt
• The Merry Widow - Franz Lehár
• Rosalinda (Die Fledermaus - Johann Strauss II
• Le Papillon - Jacques Offenbach