general information

composition date
1944
duration
2h
editor
Boosey & Hawkes
Artistic collaboration(s)
chorégraphie de Jerome Robbins
Libretto (details, author)

livret et paroles de Betty Comden et Adolph Green sur une idée de Jerome Robbins.

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Solo voice(s), choir(s) and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
3 unspecified male voices [rôles majeurs], tenor, 2 baritones, 3 mezzo-sopranos [rôles majeurs]

15 unspecified male voices [rôles mineurs], 7 unspecified female voices [rôles mineurs], flute (also piccolo), oboe (also English horn), 3 clarinets (also Eb clarinet, alto saxophone, bass clarinet), 2 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, percussionist, piano, strings

information about the creation

date
December 13, 1944

États-Unis, Boston, Colonial Theatre

interpreters

George Abott : mise en scène, direction : Max Goberman.

observations

Il existe également une version concert de cette œuvre, éditée chez Boosey & Hawkes.

Part titles

  • Acte I : 1. Ouverture ; 2. I Feel Like I'm Not Out of Bed Yet ; 2a. New York, New York ; 2b. Chase Music ; 3. Gabey's Comin' ; 4. Presentation of Miss Turnstiles ; 5. Come Up to My Place ; 6. Carried Away ; 7. Lonely Town ; 7a. High School Girls ; 8. Carnegie Hall Pavane ; 9. I Understand ; 10. I Can Cook Too ; 11. Lucky To Be Me ; 12. Times Square Ballet.
  • Acte II : 13. Entr'acte ; 14. So Long Baby ; 15. I Wish I Was Dead ; 16. Conga Cabana ; 17. I Wish I Was Dead (Spanish) ; 18. You Got Me ; 19. Slam Bang Blues (Dixieland) ; 20. I Understand (Pitkin's Song) ; 21. Subway Ride & Imaginary Coney Island ; 21a. The Great Lover Displays Himself ; 21.b. Pas de Deux ; 22. Some Other Time ; 23. The Real Coney Island ; 24. Finale, Act II.

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Same type
Created the same year
Composed the same year
Same detailed formation

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