Sophie Redfern

Bernstein and Robbins (eBook, ePUB)

The Early Ballets

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The formative early ballets of West Side Story creators Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins explored in detail for the very first time.

2022 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Winner.

Leonard Bernstein and choreographer Jerome Robbins stand as giants of the musical-theatre world, but it was ballet that launched their stage careers and established their relationship. With Fancy Free (1944), their triumphant debut collaboration produced by Ballet Theatre, Bernstein, Robbins, and set designer Oliver Smith-all in their mid-twenties- captured the spirit of wartime New York, created a defining ballet of the period still widely performed today, and became overnight sensations. The hit musical On the Town (1944) and a now largely forgotten ballet, Facsimile (1946), followed over the next two years.

Drawing extensively on previously unpublished archival documents, Bernstein and Robbins: The Early Ballets provides a richly detailed and original historical account of the creation, premiere, and reception of Fancy Free and Facsimile. It reveals the vital and sometimes conflicting role of Ballet Theatre, explores how Bernstein composed the scores, sheds light on the central importance of Oliver Smith, and considers the legacy of these works for all involved. The result is a new understanding of Bernstein, Robbins, and this formative period in their lives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Abingdon Press
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781800100206
• Artikelnr.: 61364309

Autorenporträt

SOPHIE REDFERN is a music historian and lecturer at the University of Sheffield and holds a post supporting research activity at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, having previously taught at Liverpool Hope University. In January 2019, she was appointed Curator at the European Opera Centre.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Setting the Scene: American Ballet and Jerome Robbins Towards
a First Ballet: Fancy Free Takes Shape Creating Fancy Free: A Long-Distance
Collaboration The Music of Fancy Free: The Sketches and Score Explored The
Fancy Free Premiere and a Move to Broadway Towards a Second Ballet: Bye Bye
Jackie and the Creation of Facsimile The Music of Facsimile: The Sketches
and Score Explored The Facsimile Premiere and Legacy of the Ballets
Epilogue: Bernstein and Dance Bibliography Index