Suite of Old American Dances
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Suite of Old American Dances is a concert band suite by Robert Russell Bennett that nostalgically evokes early 20th-century American popular dance styles through colorful, jazz-influenced orchestration.
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concert band suite
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musical composition → |
| approximateDuration | 20 minutes → |
| composer | Robert Russell Bennett → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form: "United States"
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| dedicatedTo | Edwin Franko Goldman NERFINISHED → |
| firstPerformanceBy | Goldman Band → |
| genre |
American band repertoire
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band music → wind band music → |
| hasArrangement | orchestra version → |
| hasPart |
Cake Walk
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Rag → Schottische → Wallflower Waltz → Western One-Step → |
| inspiredBy | early 20th-century American dance styles → |
| languageOfWork | none (instrumental) → |
| movementNumberOfPart Cake Walk | 1 → |
| movementNumberOfPart Rag | 5 → |
| movementNumberOfPart Schottische | 2 → |
| movementNumberOfPart Wallflower Waltz | 4 → |
| movementNumberOfPart Western One-Step | 3 → |
| notableFor |
colorful orchestration
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evocation of nostalgic American dance forms → |
| orchestrationFor | concert band → |
| partOfRepertoire | standard wind band repertoire → |
| publisher | Hal Leonard (through Boosey & Hawkes catalog, historically) → |
| style |
American popular dance music
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jazz-influenced → |
| timePeriodDepicted | early 20th century → |
| usesInstrumentation |
brass
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double bass → percussion → woodwinds → |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.