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name: "Ludwig Minkus"
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born: "23 March 1826"
died: "7 December 1917"
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# Ludwig Minkus

Composer. Born 23 March 1826 in Vienna, Austria. Died 7 December 1917.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 23 March 1826, Vienna, Austria
- **Died:** 7 December 1917
- **Also known as:** Léon Fyodorovich Minkus, Leon Minkus, Людвиг Минкус
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1559878

## Biography

Ludwig Minkus, also known as Léon Fyodorovich Minkus, was an Austrian composer of ballet music, violinist and teacher. He was born in Vienna on 23 March 1826 and died there on 7 December 1917.

Minkus worked in Paris before moving to Russia, where he served as composer of ballet music to the St Petersburg Imperial Theatres from 1871 until his retirement in 1886. He collaborated extensively with choreographer Marius Petipa.

His best-known scores include the music for *La Source* (1866, jointly with Léo Delibes), *Don Quixote* (1869) and *La Bayadère* (1877). Excerpts from his ballets, including *Don Quixote* and *La Bayadère*, were used in the 1977 film *The Turning Point*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Turning Point* (1977), Fi1m 70, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-turning-point.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *"Giselle" @ Finnish National Ballet* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Royal Opera House 2023/24: Don Quixote* (2023), Music
- *Don Quixote* (2023), Music
- *Don Quixote from Birmingham Royal Ballet* (2023), Music
- *Dance Dance Danseur* (2022), series, Music
- *Dancing Nation* (2021), series, Music
- *Bolshoi Ballet: La Bayadère* (2019), Music
- *La Bayadère (Royal Ballet)* (2018), Music
- *Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote* (2016), Music
- *La Bayadère* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Bolshoi Ballet: La Bayadère* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *La Bayadère* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *La Bayadère* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *La Bayadère* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Don Quichot (Dutch National Ballet)* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *La Scala Ballet: La Bayadère* (2006), Music
- *Don Quixote (Kirov Ballet)* (2004), Music
- *Don Quixote: The State Perm Ballet* (1992), as Compositors
- *La Bayadere* (1991), Music
- *Holy Moly!* (1988), Music, Original Music Composer
- *The Turning Point* (1977), Music — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-turning-point.md)
- *Duet* (1973), Music
- *Don Quixote* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *Don Quixote*, Music
- *The Kremlin Ballet: Don Quixote*, Music

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