Kiss Me, Kate (orchestration)

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Kiss Me, Kate (orchestration) is Robert Russell Bennett’s celebrated orchestral scoring of Cole Porter’s musical, renowned for its rich, sophisticated Broadway sound.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway orchestration
musical theatre orchestration
associatedWith Cole Porter NERFINISHED
Robert Russell Bennett
basedOn Kiss Me, Kate
surface form: Kiss Me, Kate (musical)
composerOfSourceMaterial Cole Porter NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReputation celebrated orchestral scoring
forWork Kiss Me, Kate (score by Cole Porter)
genre Broadway
musical theatre
influencedBy American popular song tradition
jazz-influenced Broadway style
instrumentationFeature full theatre orchestra
prominent brass section
rhythm section
strings
woodwinds
intendedFor live theatrical performance
language English
medium orchestra
notableFor rich orchestral textures
sophisticated Broadway sound
orchestrator Robert Russell Bennett
partOf Kiss Me, Kate
surface form: Kiss Me, Kate (original Broadway production)
period Golden Age of Broadway
style mid-20th-century Broadway orchestration
usedIn revivals of Kiss Me, Kate
stage productions of Kiss Me, Kate
workOf Robert Russell Bennett

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Robert Russell Bennett notableWork Kiss Me, Kate (orchestration)