Pièce d'occasion

A pièce d'occasion (pronounced: [pjɛs dɔkazjɔ̃]) is a composition, dance or theatrical piece composed, often commissioned, for a festive occasion.

Examples

• The Dying Swan, ballet by Mikhail Fokine (to Camille Saint-Saëns's cello solo Le cygne) for the ballerina Anna Pavlova (1905)
• Fanfare for a Prince, ballet by John Taras (1956)
• Dance Preludes, ballet by Miriam Mahdaviani (1991)
• FOR 4, dance by Christopher Wheeldon (to Franz Schubert's Death and the Maiden) (2006)
• Silla, opera seria by Handel (1713)
• Elvida, opera by Gaetano Donizetti (1826)
• Entrez, messieurs, mesdames, pièce d'occasion by Offenbach (1855)
• Les dragées du baptême, pièce d'occasion by Offenbach (1856)

See also

• Occasional poetry

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