Year of Composition

1981

Duration

20'

Instrumentation

solo pno - 3(pic).2(eh)2.2-4.3.3.1-timp.2perc-hp-str

Categories

Ballet
Orchestra

Movements

I. Souvenir de Porto Rico
II. The Dying Poet
III. Tournament Galop
IV. O ma Charmante
V. Le Bananier
VI. Manchega

Program Note

This ballet presents 7 solo piano pieces by Louis Moreau Gottschalk arranged for piano and orchestra by V. Bond.

Purchase Sheet Music

Rental (Theodore Presser)

Commission & Premiere Info

Commissioned by American Ballet Theater; Lynne Taylor-Corbett, choreographer
Premiered in Miami, Florida on January 12, 1982