The legend of Joseph
By: plot by Harry Graf Kessler and Hugo von Hofmannsthal ; English translation by Alfred Kalisch ; music by Richard Strauss
Contributors: Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929, librettist, writer of introduction; Kalisch, Alfred, 1863-1933, translator, writer of introduction; Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949; Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942, choreographer; Sert, José María, 1874-1945, scenographer; Bakst, Léon, 1866-1924, costume designer; Massine, Leonide, 1896-1979, dancer; Dührkoop, Rudolf, photographer; Dièz-Dührkoop, M. (Minya), photographer; John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward Collection (Harvard Theatre Collection)
Publisher: Adolph Fürstner
Published: 1914
Place of publication: Berlin; Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Copyright date: 1914
Subjects: Portraits; Drama; Ballets; Scenarios
Other titles: Josephs-Legende (Choreographic work : Fokine)
Work titles: Josephs-Legende
Notes: Scenario for a ballet in 1 act.

Choreography by Michel Fokine; first performed in Paris at the Opéra, 14 May 1914. See Grove music online.

Includes frontispiece illustration of set design by Jose-Maria Sert.

Includes reproduction of photograph by Rudolf Dührkoop and Minya Dièz-Dührkoop of Leonide Massine in costume as Joseph, facing page 9.

Includes plate of costume design by Leon Bakst, facing page 27.

Includes introductory essays by Hofmannsthal and Kessler.

In English, after the original German.