Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703. Belle au bois dormant

found: Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich. The sleeping beauty, p1993:container (The sleeping beauty, op. 66 : La belle au bois dormant) program notes (Charles Perrault's fairy tale)

found: LC database, Aug. 19, 2002(hdg.: Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703. Belle au bois dormant)

found: Wikipedia, December 26, 2013:Sleeping Beauty ("The Sleeping Beauty" (French: La Belle au bois dormant "The Beauty sleeping in the Wood") by Charles Perrault or "Little Briar Rose" (German: Dornröschen) by the Brothers Grimm is a classic fairytale involving a beautiful princess, enchantment of sleep, and a handsome prince. Written as an original literary tale, it was first published by Charles Perrault in Histoires ou contes du temps passé in 1697; under Sleeping Beauty in music: Before Tchaikovsky's version, several ballet productions were based on the "Sleeping Beauty" theme, amongst which one from Eugène Scribe: in the winter of 1828-1829, the French playwright furnished a four-act mimed scenario as a basis for Aumer's choreography of a four-act ballet-pantomime La Belle au Bois Dormant.) The Sleeping Beauty (ballet) (The Sleeping Beauty (Russian: Спящая красавица = Spi︠a︡shchai︠a︡ krasavit︠s︡a / Spyashchaya krasavitsa [in rom.]) is a ballet in a prologue and three acts, first performed in 1890. The music was composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (his opus 66). The score was completed in 1889, and is the second of his three ballets. The original scenario was conceived by Ivan Vsevolozhsky, and is based on Charles Perrault's La Belle au bois dormant. The choreographer of the original production was Marius Petipa.)