Music for the Theatre

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Music for the Theatre is a 1925 jazz-influenced orchestral suite by Aaron Copland that blends modernist harmonies with theatrical, American vernacular styles.

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Music for the Theatre canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concert work
orchestral suite
composer Aaron Copland
composerBirthYear 1900
composerDeathYear 1990
composerNationality American
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
dateOfComposition 1925
genre jazz-influenced classical music
neoclassical music
orchestral music
hasCatalogueNote often described as jazz-influenced and theatrical
hasPart Burlesque (movement)
Dance (movement)
Epilogue
surface form: Epilogue (movement)

Interlude (movement)
Prologue (movement)
hasTitleLanguage English
influencedBy American popular music
jazz
theatre music
intendedAs concert piece evoking theatrical atmosphere
language instrumental
numberOfMovements 5
period 20th-century classical music
premiereLocation United States of America
surface form: United States
scoredFor orchestra
style American vernacular
modernist harmonies
yearOfPremiere 1925

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Aaron Copland notableWork Music for the Theatre