ballet score "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue"

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"Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" is a jazz-influenced ballet score by Richard Rodgers, originally written for the 1936 musical On Your Toes and later famed for its standalone concert and dance performances.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ballet
ballet score
orchestral work
associatedWith George Balanchine
On Your Toes
basedIn United States of America
surface form: United States
composer Richard Rodgers
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstPerformanceYear 1936
genre ballet music
jazz-influenced classical music
hasAdaptation concert suite
independent ballet staging
hasChoreographicLegacy frequently re-choreographed for ballet and musical companies
hasForm ballet-within-a-musical
suite for orchestra
hasInstrumentation orchestra
hasKey various keys (suite form)
hasReception popular with both ballet and concert audiences
hasRecording multiple orchestral recordings
hasStyle Broadway
classical
jazz
hasTheme backstage story about a dancer and a hitman
hasTitleLanguage English
includedIn standard symphonic pops repertoire
influenced later jazz-influenced ballet scores
language instrumental
laterAdaptation television and film dance numbers
lyricist Lorenz Hart
movementType ballet sequence
notableFor being one of the first Broadway shows to feature a full-length ballet
integration of jazz and classical ballet
originalChoreographer George Balanchine
originalMedium Broadway musical
originalOrchestrator Hans Spialek
originalProduction On Your Toes (1936 Broadway production)
originalVenue Imperial Theatre
partOf On Your Toes
partOfSeries Rodgers and Hart stage works
premieredIn New York City
premieredOn April 11, 1936
publisher Chappell & Co.
usedAs dance showcase
standalone ballet
standalone concert piece
workPeriod 20th century

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Theme from "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" (revised) adaptationOf ballet score "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue"