Newly edited and engraved study score for the original 1877 version of Tchaikovskys first ballet masterpiece. Includes Preface, Synopsis, and Cast of Characters. This is the complete orchestral score, not a piano reduction, based upon the composers autograph, the first edition issued by P. Jurgenson, and the score from Tchaikovskys complete works. Swan Lake, Tchaikovskys first venture into ballet, was only moderately successful in its first production at Moscows Bolshoi Theatre. Choreographer Julius Reissingers dances were not well received, and those of his successor Joseph Peter Hansen fared no better. The ballet was propelled into the permanent repertoire only after a brilliant revival mounted by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov in St. Petersburg more than a year after Tchaikovskys death from cholera. A new, reasonably priced study score that will be invaluable to students, conductors, music lovers and ballet aficionados everywhere.Originally issued in 2008 by the now-defunct American publisher E.F. Kalmus, the only authorized publisher of the Simpson edition is now Serenissima Music, who a