 In 1857 he was commissioned to compose the score for Marius Petipa's "ballet-divertissement" "La Rose, la Violette et le Papillon", which was given as a performance for the royal court at the Imperial Theatre of Tsarskoe Selo.In 1858 Petipa extracted a "Pas de Deux" from the Duke's score and added it to his revival of the ballet "Le Corsaire", renaming the piece the "Pas d'Esclave".It is the only composition of Duke Peter's still heard today in the theater.