ballet suite

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noun

music written for a ballet but suitable or arranged for performance in an orchestral concert.

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Origin of ballet suite

Probably earlier than 1960–65

Monir is not interested in classic dances like tango or ballet.
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When I studied in London back in 2005, I actually saw the ballet, too.
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Once she arrived solo at his hotel suite, he drugged her and told her to chase it with a shot of amaretto.
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I was literally on the 18th floor in a penthouse suite and I really thought about ending it.
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She flew first class, stayed in a luxury penthouse suite and was given money for shopping along with her pay.
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Two unsophisticated country lasses visited Niblo's in New York during the ballet season.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
You will follow the suite of my daughter to Spain, and you will become the bosom Counsellor of the wife of your Prince?
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
He said he wanted to enter the town with a suite of only 700 armed men, including his subordinate Dattos.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
The victim said "nine," immersed in his paper again, studying that living room suite.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
The first movement of the suite was entitled Pity, and the music flowed like melodious tears.
The Fifth String |John Philip Sousa