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Billy the Kid is a 1938 ballet written by the American composer Aaron Copland on commission from Lincoln Kirstein. It was choreographed by Eugene Loring for Ballet Caravan . Along with Rodeo and Appalachian Spring , it is one of Copland's most popular and widely performed pieces.
Billy the Kid; ballet (1938) An Outdoor Overture for orchestra (1938) Lark for chorus (1938) The City; documentary film score (1939) Of Mice and Men; film score (1939) From Sorcery to Science; incidental music for puppet play (1939)
El Salón prepared Copland to write the ballet score Billy the Kid, which became, in Pollack's words, an "archetypical depiction of the legendary American West". [147] Based on a Walter Noble Burns novel, with choreography by Eugene Loring, Billy was among the first to display an American music and dance vocabulary. [148]
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The choreographer was given considerable creative control, choosing Aaron Copland as the composer after being impressed by his previous ballet, Billy the Kid. Though Copland was initially reluctant to compose "another Cowboy ballet," De Mille persuaded him that this show would mark a significant departure from his previous work.
Appalachian Spring is an American ballet created by the choreographer Martha Graham and the composer Aaron Copland, later arranged as an orchestral work.Commissioned by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, Copland composed the ballet music for Graham; the original choreography was by Graham, with costumes by Edythe Gilfond and sets by Isamu Noguchi.
Ballets by Aaron Copland. Pages in category "Ballets by Aaron Copland" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... Billy the Kid (ballet) D.
A Copland Celebration December 27, 1970 Stanley Drucker: Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra (abridged version) Suite from Billy the Kid (Copland) 51 Thus Spake Richard Strauss: April 4, 1971 Also Sprach Zarathustra (R. Strauss) 52 Liszt and the Devil February 13, 1972 Faust Symphony (Liszt) 53 Holst: The Planets: March 26, 1972 The ...