Grohg

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Grohg is an early ballet score by American composer Aaron Copland that explores macabre, expressionist themes and later provided material for his Dance Symphony.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ballet score
musical composition
basedOn horror and supernatural themes
composer Aaron Copland NERFINISHED
composerNationality American
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Aaron Copland NERFINISHED
genre ballet
orchestral music
hasForm ballet in multiple scenes
hasHistoricalRole precursor to Copland’s Dance Symphony
hasInfluenceOn Dance Symphony NERFINISHED
hasMood dark
expressionistic
grotesque
hasMusicalStyle expressionism
hasTheme macabre
inception 1920s
languageOfWork none (instrumental)
movementType ballet-pantomime
notableFor early example of Aaron Copland’s orchestral writing
partlyIncorporatedInto Dance Symphony NERFINISHED
period 20th-century classical music
titleCharacter Grohg (a sorcerer-like figure) NERFINISHED
usesOrchestra symphony orchestra

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Dance Symphony basedOn Grohg