The Miraculous Mandarin
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The Miraculous Mandarin is a one-act pantomime ballet by Béla Bartók, renowned for its modernist, dissonant score and dark, expressionist storyline.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
one-act ballet
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orchestral work ⓘ pantomime ballet ⓘ |
| bannedIn |
Germany
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | story by Melchior Lengyel ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber |
BB 82
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sz. 73 ⓘ |
| characteristic |
dark storyline
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dissonant score ⓘ |
| composer | Béla Bartók NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compositionEndYear | 1924 ⓘ |
| compositionStartYear | 1918 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
ballet
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modernist music ⓘ pantomime ⓘ |
| hasOrchestralSuite | The Miraculous Mandarin (concert suite) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
expressionist theatre
ⓘ
urban modernity ⓘ |
| languageOfLibretto | Hungarian ⓘ |
| librettist | Melchior Lengyel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
the Girl
NERFINISHED
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the Mandarin NERFINISHED ⓘ three thugs ⓘ |
| movementCountInSuite | 3 ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
bitonality and polytonality
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complex rhythms ⓘ use of leitmotifs ⓘ |
| notableInstrumentation |
extensive percussion
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large orchestra ⓘ prominent brass ⓘ |
| notableRecording |
The Miraculous Mandarin conducted by Georg Solti
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The Miraculous Mandarin conducted by Pierre Boulez ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 1 ⓘ |
| orchestralSuiteArrangedBy | Béla Bartók NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orchestralSuiteYear | 1927 ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century classical music ⓘ |
| plotElement |
Mandarin dies only after his desire is fulfilled
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Mandarin repeatedly survives attempts to kill him ⓘ girl used as decoy to lure men to be robbed ⓘ |
| premiereConductor | Eugen Szenkar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereCountry | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1926-11-27 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Cologne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereTheatre | Stadttheater Köln NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForBan | sexual and violent content ⓘ |
| setting | urban underworld ⓘ |
| style | expressionism ⓘ |
| yearOfCompletion | 1924 ⓘ |
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