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 (musical)
basedOn story set in a burlesque theatre
composer Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States
createdInPeriod 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 NERFINISHED
Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
notableFor frequent performance as standalone concert work
integration of jazz elements into classical ballet form
originalMedium stage
originalProduction 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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