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.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf concert band suite
musical composition
approximateDuration 20 minutes
composer Robert Russell Bennett
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: "United States"
dedicatedTo Edwin Franko Goldman NERFINISHED
firstPerformanceBy Goldman Band
genre American band repertoire
band music
wind band music
hasArrangement orchestra version
hasPart Cake Walk
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
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
jazz-influenced
timePeriodDepicted early 20th century
usesInstrumentation brass
double bass
percussion
woodwinds

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Robert Russell Bennett notableWork Suite of Old American Dances

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