Improvisations to Music
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Improvisations to Music is a 1958 comedy album by the duo Nichols and May featuring their influential, largely improvised sketch routines set to piano accompaniment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Improvisations to Music canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedy album
ⓘ
live album ⓘ |
| artist | Nichols and May NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era | late 1950s American comedy ⓘ |
| features | improvised sketch routines ⓘ |
| followedBy | An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | LP record ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
improvisational comedy ⓘ spoken word ⓘ |
| hasAccompaniment | piano ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReputation | influential comedy recording ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
character-based sketches
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satirical ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
everyday social situations
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psychology ⓘ relationships ⓘ |
| hasTrack |
Bach to Bach
NERFINISHED
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Chopin NERFINISHED ⓘ Cocktail Piano NERFINISHED ⓘ Everybody’s Doing It NERFINISHED ⓘ Improvisations to Music (title piece) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mysterioso NERFINISHED ⓘ Piano Duet NERFINISHED ⓘ Piano Gymnastics NERFINISHED ⓘ Piano Lessons NERFINISHED ⓘ Piano Players ⓘ Piano Recital ⓘ Piano Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Piano Concerto NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonata for Piano and Celeste NERFINISHED ⓘ Tango NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasType | studio-style live performance ⓘ |
| influenced |
American sketch comedy
ⓘ
improvisational theatre ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | vinyl ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integration of piano accompaniment with comedy sketches
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largely improvised dialogue ⓘ |
| partOf | Nichols and May discography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer |
Elaine May
NERFINISHED
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Mike Nichols NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performerRole |
May as female characters
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Nichols as male characters ⓘ |
| producer | Arthur Penn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Mercury Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1958 ⓘ |
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