Pièce d'occasion
A pièce d'occasion is a composition, dance or theatrical piece composed, often commissioned, for a festive occasion.
Examples
- Dance Preludes, ballet by Miriam Mahdaviani (1991)
- The Dying Swan, ballet by Mikhail Fokine (to Camille Saint-Saëns's cello solo Le cygne) for the ballerina Anna Pavlova (1905)
- Elvida opera by Gaetano Donizetti (1826)
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- Silla
- Fanfare for a Prince