Slaughter on Tenth Avenue

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Slaughter on Tenth Avenue is a jazz-influenced ballet and orchestral piece by Richard Rodgers, originally written for the 1936 musical On Your Toes and later widely performed as a standalone concert work.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ballet
concert piece
orchestral work
associatedWith George Balanchine
On Your Toes
surface form: On Your Toes (musical)
basedOn story set in a burlesque theatre
composer Richard Rodgers
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
createdInPeriod Golden Age of Broadway (early phase)
surface form: Golden Age of Broadway
firstPerformanceDate 1936
genre ballet music
jazz-influenced classical music
hasChoreographyBy George Balanchine
hasForm ballet suite
orchestral suite
hasInstrumentation orchestra
piano and orchestra
hasKeyCreators George Balanchine
Lorenz Hart
Richard Rodgers
hasMovementType dance
hasStyle American classical
Broadway ballet
hasSubjectMatter gangster story
romantic tragedy
hasTitleLanguage English
influencedBy American popular music
jazz
language instrumental
laterMedium concert hall
orchestral repertoire
lyricist Lorenz Hart
notableFor frequent performance as standalone concert work
integration of jazz elements into classical ballet form
originalMedium stage
originalProduction On Your Toes
surface form: On Your Toes (1936 Broadway production)
partOf On Your Toes
premiereLocation New York City
premiereVenue Broadway theatre
publicationCentury 20th century
writtenFor Broadway musical
musical theatre

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Richard Rodgers notableWork Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
Theme from "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" (revised) hasMelodicMaterialFrom Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
this entity surface form: Slaughter on Tenth Avenue ballet
Theme from "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" (revised) relatedWork Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
this entity surface form: Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (ballet sequence)
On Your Toes notableNumber Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
On Your Toes notableSong Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
Jan Sterling notableWork Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
Mickey Hargitay notableWork Slaughter on Tenth Avenue