general information

composition date
1944
duration
27 min
editor
Boosey & Hawkes
Dedicatee
à Adolph Green
Artistic collaboration(s)
chorégraphie de Jerome Robbins
Commission
Ballet Theatre

type

Instrumental ensemble music (Instrumental ensemble, one to a part)

detailed formation

2 flutes (also piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 2 percussionists [ou 3], tuba, timpani, piano, strings

information about the creation

date
April 18, 1944

États-Unis, New York, Metropolitan Opera House

interpreters

le Ballet Theatre Orchestra, direction : Leonard Bernstein.

observations

Une chanson écrite par Bernstein, « Big Stuff », ouvre le ballet.

Part titles

I. Enter Three Sailors ; II. Scene at the Bar ; III. Enter Two Girls ; IV. Pas de Deux ; V. Competition Scene ; VI. Variation 1: Galop, Variation 2: Waltz, Variation 3: Danzon ; VII. Finale.


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